EBAY INC
FORM
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Filed 7/27/2007 For Period Ending 6/30/2007
Address 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE
SAN JOSE, California 95125
Telephone 408-376-7400
CIK 0001065088
Fiscal Year 12/31
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007
Or
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 000-24821
eBay Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 74-0430924
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
2145 Hamilton Avenue 95125
San Jose, California (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 376-7400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-
accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes No
As of July 20, 2007 there were 1,358,453,486 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value,
outstanding, which is the only class of common or voting stock of the registrant issued.
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1: Financial Statements
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 4: Controls and Procedures
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1: Legal Proceedings
Item 1A: Risk Factors
Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 3: Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Item 4: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5: Other Information
Item 6: Exhibits
EXHIBIT 10.01
EXHIBIT 10.02
EXHIBIT 31.01
EXHIBIT 31.02
EXHIBIT 32.01
EXHIBIT 32.02
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1: Financial Statements
eBay Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
December 31, June 30,
2006 2007
(In thousands, except
par value amounts)
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,662,792 $ 3,418,349
Short-term investments 542,103 181,983
Accounts receivable, net 393,195 379,850
Funds receivable 399,297 502,041
Restricted cash 12,738 17,207
Other current assets 960,461 980,946
Total current assets 4,970,586 5,480,376
Long-term investments 277,853 176,138
Property and equipment, net 998,196 1,032,673
Goodwill 6,544,278 6,917,265
Intangible assets, net 682,977 681,240
Other assets 20,121 73,465
Total assets $13,494,011 $14,361,157
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 83,392 $ 94,487
Funds payable and amounts due to customers 1,159,952 1,293,457
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 681,669 725,969
Deferred revenue and customer advances 128,964 145,236
Income taxes payable 464,418 69,494
Total current liabilities 2,518,395 2,328,643
Deferred and other tax liabilities, net 31,784 447,788
Other liabilities 39,200 45,197
Total liabilities 2,589,379 2,821,628
Stockholders’ equity:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 3,580,000 shares authorized; 1,368,512 and
1,358,212 shares outstanding 1,431 1,441
Additional paid-in capital 8,034,282 8,430,167
Treasury stock at cost, 62,250 and 82,813 shares (1,669,428) (2,346,935)
Retained earnings 3,842,150 4,595,295
Accumulated other comprehensive income 696,197 859,561
Total stockholders’ equity 10,904,632 11,539,529
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $13,494,011 $14,361,157
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2006 2007 2006 2007
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Net revenues $1,410,784 $1,834,429 $2,801,203 $3,602,503
Cost of net revenues 296,883 416,789 580,480 810,478
Gross profit 1,113,901 1,417,640 2,220,723 2,792,025
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 384,347 477,768 773,031 921,020
Product development 123,972 147,934 243,042 285,532
General and administrative 236,576 283,478 466,128 561,837
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 57,592 51,554 104,484 98,903
Total operating expenses 802,487 960,734 1,586,685 1,867,292
Income from operations 311,414 456,906 634,038 924,733
Interest and other income, net 25,629 33,967 51,388 63,987
Interest expense (929) (2,734) (1,676) (7,276)
Income before income taxes 336,114 488,139 683,750 981,444
Provision for income taxes (86,120) (112,315) (185,474) (228,444)
Net income $ 249,994 $ 375,824 $ 498,276 $ 753,000
Net income per share:
Basic $ 0.18 $ 0.28 $ 0.35 $ 0.55
Diluted $ 0.17 $ 0.27 $ 0.35 $ 0.55
Weighted average shares:
Basic 1,411,925 1,361,046 1,409,190 1,363,986
Diluted 1,435,757 1,378,697 1,438,746 1,381,484
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2006 2007 2006 2007
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Net income $249,994 $375,824 $498,276 $753,000
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation 154,848 95,445 282,381 163,241
Unrealized gains on investments, net 2,417 404 5,010 684
Unrealized losses on hedging activities (1,347) (367) (2,912) (480)
Tax provision on above items (442) (11) (912) (81)
Net change in accumulated other comprehensive income 155,476 95,471 283,567 163,364
Comprehensive income $405,470 $471,295 $781,843 $916,364
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2006 2007
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 498,276 $ 753,000
Adjustments:
Provision for doubtful accounts and authorized credits 51,874 45,247
Provision for transaction losses 49,906 69,769
Depreciation and amortization 265,712 290,171
Stock-based compensation related to stock options and employee stock purchases 169,226 151,571
Tax benefits from stock-based compensation 90,524 53,009
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation (60,973) (29,774)
Deferred income taxes (13,300) (51,177)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition effects:
Accounts receivable (37,598) (32,917)
Funds receivable 33,810 (100,437)
Other current assets (133,491) (22,873)
Other non-current assets 8,777 (57,833)
Accounts payable 75,292 8,560
Funds payable and amounts due to customers 80,015 118,546
Accrued expenses and other liabilities (25,722) (27,425)
Deferred revenue and customer advances 24,664 16,534
Income taxes payable and other tax liabilities 22,725 35,106
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,099,717 1,219,077
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment, net (282,008) (206,741)
Purchases of investments (491,224) (160,143)
Maturities and sales of investments 761,159 625,267
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (45,505) (320,195)
Other (1,245) 2,112
Net cash used in investing activities (58,823) (59,700)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net 175,001 184,441
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 60,973 29,774
Repurchases of common stock, net — (674,861)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 235,974 (460,646)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 43,933 56,826
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 1,320,801 755,557
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 1,313,580 2,662,792
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $2,634,381 $3,418,349
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest $ 1,224 $ 4,070
Cash paid for income taxes $ 92,357 $ 217,505
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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(Unaudited)
Note 1 —The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The Company
eBay Inc. (“eBay”) was incorporated in California in May 1996, and reincorporated in Delaware in April 1998.
eBay’s purpose is to pioneer new communities around the world, built on commerce, sustained by trust and inspired
by opportunity. eBay brings together millions of buyers and sellers every day on a local, national and international
basis through an array of websites. eBay provides online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services, online
payment services and online communication offerings to a diverse community of individuals and businesses.
eBay has three operating segments: Marketplaces, Payments and Communications. The Marketplaces segment
enables online commerce through a variety of different platforms, including the traditional eBay auction site, our
classifieds websites, our comparison shopping site, Shopping.com, our secondary tickets platform, StubHub, and
Rent.com. The Payments segment, which consists of our PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”) business, enables individuals or
businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. The Communications segment, which
consists of our Skype Technologies SA (“Skype”) business, enables Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”)
communications between Skype users, and provides low-cost connectivity to traditional fixed-line and mobile
telephones.
When we refer to “we,” “our,” “us” or “eBay” in this document, we mean the current Delaware corporation
(eBay Inc.) and its California predecessor, as well as all of our consolidated subsidiaries.
Use of estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our
estimates, including those related to provisions for doubtful accounts and authorized credits, the provision for
transaction losses, legal contingencies, income taxes, advertising and other net revenues, stock-based compensation
expense and goodwill and intangible assets. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other
assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Principles of consolidation and basis of presentation
The accompanying financial statements are consolidated and include the financial statements of eBay and our
majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
The consolidated financial statements include 100% of the assets and liabilities of majority-owned subsidiaries,
and the ownership interests of minority investors are recorded as minority interests. Investments in entities where we
hold more than a 20%, but less than a 50%, ownership interest and have the ability to significantly influence the
operations of the investee are accounted for using the equity method of accounting and the investment balance is
included in long-term investments, while our share of the investees’ results of operations is included in interest and
other income, net. For the three- and six — month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2007, the equity method income
recorded in interest and other income, net was not material to our operating results. Investments in entities where we
hold less than a 20% ownership interest and where we do not have the ability to significantly influence the operations
of the investee are accounted for using the cost method of accounting and are included in long-term investments.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
These unaudited interim financial statements reflect our condensed consolidated financial position as of
December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2007. These statements also show our condensed consolidated statement of income
and condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30,
2006 and 2007 and our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and
2007. These statements include all normal recurring adjustments that we believe are necessary to fairly state our
financial position, operating results and cash flows. Because all of the disclosures required by generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America for annual consolidated financial statements are not included
herein, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the
notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2006, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2007. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2006 was derived from our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, but
does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles. The condensed consolidated
statements of income and cash flows for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results that we expect
for any future period.
Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
Recent accounting pronouncements
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current
practice resulting from the application of this statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to
measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. We will be required to adopt the
provisions on FAS 157 on January 1, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting the provisions of
FAS 157 but we do not believe that the adoption of FAS 157 will materially impact our financial position, cash
flows, or results of operations.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” which is effective for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007. This statement permits an entity to choose to measure many financial instruments and
certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. Subsequent unrealized gains and losses on items for which
the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of
this statement.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Note 2 —Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing the
net income for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially dilutive
common stock outstanding during the period. The dilutive effect of outstanding options and restricted stock is
reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the
computation of basic and diluted net income per share for the periods indicated (in thousands, except per share
amounts):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2006 2007 2006 2007
Numerator:
Net income $ 249,994 $ 375,824 $ 498,276 $ 753,000
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares 1,412,408 1,361,565 1,409,478 1,364,518
Weighted average nonvested common stock subject to
forfeiture/repurchase (483) (519) (288) (532)
Denominator for basic calculation 1,411,925 1,361,046 1,409,190 1,363,986
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities:
Weighted average nonvested common stock subject to
forfeiture/repurchase 483 519 288 532
Employee stock options 23,349 17,132 29,268 16,966
Denominator for diluted calculation 1,435,757 1,378,697 1,438,746 1,381,484
Net income per share:
Basic $ 0.18 $ 0.28 $ 0.35 $ 0.55
Diluted $ 0.17 $ 0.27 $ 0.35 $ 0.55
The calculation of diluted net income per share excludes all anti-dilutive shares. For the three months ended
June 30, 2006 and 2007, the number of anti-dilutive shares, as calculated based on the weighted average closing price
of our common stock for the periods, was approximately 80.0 million and 89.0 million shares, respectively. For the
six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2007, the number of anti-dilutive shares, as calculated based on the weighted
average closing price of our common stock for the periods, was approximately 54.8 million and 90.0 million shares,
respectively.
Note 3 —Business Combinations, Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Acquisition of StubHub, Inc.
On February 13, 2007, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of StubHub, Inc. (“StubHub”) for a total
purchase price of $292.4 million. The purchase price was comprised of cash totaling $283.2 million, $1.1 million in
estimated acquisition-related expenses and the assumption of StubHub’s outstanding common stock options, valued
at approximately $8.1 million. The fair value of StubHub stock options assumed was determined using a
Black-Scholes model. StubHub is an online marketplace that facilitates the resale of event tickets and is included
within our Marketplaces segment.
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We accounted for the acquisition as a taxable purchase transaction and, accordingly, the purchase price has been
allocated to the tangible assets, liabilities assumed, and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their
estimated fair values on the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair values was
recorded as goodwill. The fair value assigned to identifiable intangible assets acquired is determined using the
income approach, which discounts expected future cash flows to present value using estimates and assumptions
determined by management. Purchased intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the respective
useful lives. Our preliminary allocation of the purchase price is summarized below (in thousands):
Net liabilities assumed, net of cash of $25,780 $ (15,663)
Goodwill 221,604
Trade name 44,400
User base 29,000
Developed technology 13,100
Total $292,441
The estimated useful economic lives of the identifiable intangible assets acquired are three years for the trade
name and developed technology and five years for the user base. The final purchase price allocation will depend
upon the completion of our integration plan by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
The results of operations for the acquired business have been included in our condensed consolidated statement
of income for the period subsequent to our acquisition of StubHub. StubHub’s results of operations for periods prior
to this acquisition were not material to our condensed consolidated statement of income and, accordingly, pro forma
financial information has not been presented.
Goodwill
The following table presents goodwill balances and the movements for each of our reportable segments during
the six months ended June 30, 2007 (in thousands):
December 31, Goodwill June 30,
2006 Acquired Adjustments 2007
Reportable segments:
Marketplaces $ 2,648,027 $276,071 $ 34,220 $2,958,318
Payments 1,348,633 — (261) 1,348,372
Communications 2,574,979 — 62,956 2,637,935
$ 6,571,639 $276,071 $ 96,915 $6,944,625
Changes to goodwill during the six months ended June 30, 2007 resulted primarily from acquisitions and foreign
currency translation adjustments.
Investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting are classified on our balance sheet as long-
term investments. Such investments include identifiable intangible assets, deferred tax liabilities and goodwill. As of
December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2007, the goodwill related to our equity investments, included above, was
approximately $27.4 million.
We conduct our annual impairment test of goodwill as of August 31 of each year. Based on our last impairment
test as of August 31, 2006, we determined there was no impairment. There were no events or circumstances from that
date through June 30, 2007 indicating that an interim assessment was necessary.
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Intangible Assets
The components of acquired identifiable intangible assets are as follows (dollars in thousands):
December 31, 2006 June 30, 2007
Gross Net Weighted Gross Net Weighted
Carrying Accumulated Carrying Average Useful Carrying Accumulated Carrying Average Useful
Amount Amortization Amount Economic Life Amount Amortization Amount Economic Life
(Years) (Years)
Intangible assets:
Customer lists and user base $ 545,527 $ (240,340) $305,187 6 $ 579,495 $ (286,476) $293,019 6
Trademarks and trade names 480,358 (171,390) 308,968 5 543,369 (224,925) 318,444 5
Developed technologies 103,351 (63,912) 39,439 4 122,740 (74,186) 48,554 4
All other 58,115 (26,232) 31,883 4 56,063 (32,918) 23,145 4
$1,187,351 $ (501,874) $685,477 $1,301,667 $ (618,505) $683,162
As of December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2007, the net carrying amount of intangible assets related to our equity
investments included above was approximately $2.5 million and $1.9 million, respectively. All of our acquired
identifiable intangible assets are subject to amortization. Aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets was
$63.3 million and $57.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Aggregate
amortization expense for intangible assets was $116.7 million and $110.9 million for the six months ended June 30,
2006 and 2007, respectively.
As of June 30, 2007, expected future intangible asset amortization was as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Years:
2007 (remaining six months) $115,055
2008 224,159
2009 202,330
2010 110,970
2011 22,647
Thereafter 8,001
$683,162
Note 4 —Segments
Operating segments are based upon our internal organization structure, the manner in which our operations are
managed, the criteria used by our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) to evaluate segment performance and
the availability of separate financial information. We have three operating segments: Marketplaces, Payments and
Communications.
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The following tables summarize the financial performance of our operating segments (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, 2006
Marketplaces Payments Communications Consolidated
Net revenues from external customers $ 1,027,535 $339,091 $ 44,158 $1,410,784
Direct costs 603,426 251,330 51,615 906,371
Direct contribution $ 424,109 $ 87,761 $ (7,457) 504,413
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net
revenues 192,999
Income from operations 311,414
Interest and other income, net 25,629
Interest expense (929)
Income before income taxes $ 336,114
Three Months Ended June 30, 2007
Marketplaces Payments Communications Consolidated
Net revenues from external customers $ 1,290,552 $454,167 $ 89,710 $1,834,429
Direct costs 729,920 370,420 80,423 1,180,763
Direct contribution $ 560,632 $ 83,747 $ 9,287 653,666
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net
revenues 196,760
Income from operations 456,906
Interest and other income, net 33,967
Interest expense (2,734)
Income before income taxes $ 488,139
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
Marketplaces Payments Communications Consolidated
Net revenues from external customers $ 2,047,728 $674,157 $ 79,318 $2,801,203
Direct costs 1,191,712 499,742 95,623 1,787,077
Direct contribution $ 856,016 $174,415 $ (16,305) 1,014,126
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net
revenues 380,088
Income from operations 634,038
Interest and other income, net 51,388
Interest expense (1,676)
Income before income taxes $ 683,750
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
Marketplaces Payments Communication Consolidated
Net revenues from external customers $ 2,540,752 $893,508 $ 168,243 $3,602,503
Direct costs 1,419,760 717,581 155,671 2,293,012
Direct contribution $ 1,120,992 $175,927 $ 12,572 1,309,491
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net
revenues 384,758
Income from operations 924,733
Interest and other income, net 63,987
Interest expense (7,276)
Income before income taxes $ 981,444
Direct costs of operating segments include specific costs of net revenues, sales and marketing expenses, and
general and administrative expenses over which segment managers have direct discretionary control, such as
advertising and marketing programs, customer support expenses, bank charges, site operations expenses, product
development expenses, billing operations, certain technology and facilities expenses, transaction expenses,
provisions for doubtful accounts, authorized credits and transaction losses. Segment managers do not have
discretionary control over expenses such as our corporate center costs (consisting of costs such as corporate
management, human resources, finance and legal), amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation
expenses, as they are not evaluated in the measurement of segment performance. We have also recast our direct costs
for prior periods to reflect changes during the third quarter of 2006 in management of billing operations and certain
technology and facilities expenses as direct costs.
Note 5 —Balance Sheet Component
December 31, June 30,
2006 2007
(In thousands)
Other current assets:
Customer accounts $ 763,757 $791,416
Prepaid expenses 64,003 74,858
Deferred tax asset, net 67,879 55,669
Other 64,822 59,003
$ 960,461 $980,946
Customer accounts for certain PayPal foreign subsidiaries include liquid assets set aside for certain customer
liabilities as required by regulations in those jurisdictions. These assets may only be held in specified types of highly
liquid investments. The customer liabilities represent claims on those foreign subsidiaries and generally against these
assets. These assets are included on our balance sheet as current assets with an offsetting current liability in funds
payable and amounts due to customers. Customer funds held by PayPal as an agent or custodian, for the benefit of its
customers, are not reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Note 6 —Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation and Other Legal Matters
In April 2001, two of our European subsidiaries, eBay GmbH and eBay International AG, were sued by Montres
Rolex S.A. and certain of its affiliates in the regional court of Cologne, Germany. The suit subsequently
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was transferred to the regional court in Düsseldorf, Germany. Rolex alleged that our subsidiaries were infringing
Rolex’s trademarks as a result of users selling counterfeit Rolex watches through our German website. The suit also
alleged unfair competition. Rolex sought an order enjoining the sale of Rolex-branded watches on the website as well
as damages. In December 2002, a trial was held in the matter, and the court ruled in favor of eBay on all causes of
action. Rolex appealed the ruling to the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, and the appeal was heard in October
2003. In February 2004, the court rejected Rolex’s appeal and ruled in our favor. Rolex appealed the ruling to the
German Federal Supreme Court, a hearing took place before that court in December 2006, and a written decision was
issued in June 2007. The court’s decision found that eBay must take reasonable measures to prevent recurrence once
it is informed of clearly identified infringement, and that eBay may in certain circumstances be liable upon first
notice of infringement. The court referred the case back to the Higher Regional Court to determine whether, in some
circumstances, a low starting listing price was sufficient to indicate that a listing was infringing. We expect that this
ruling will likely result in increased litigation against us in Germany although we do not currently believe that it will
require a significant change in our business practices.
In August 2006, Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture filed two lawsuits in the Paris Court of
Commerce against eBay Inc. and eBay International AG. The complaint alleges that we violated French tort law by
negligently broadcasting listings posted by third parties offering counterfeit items bearing plaintiffs’ trademarks, and
by purchasing certain advertising keywords. The plaintiffs seek approximately EUR 35 million in damages. In or
about September 2006, Parfums Christian Dior, Kenzo Parfums, Parfums Givenchy, and Guerlain Société also filed a
lawsuit in the Paris Court of Commerce against eBay Inc. and eBay International AG. The complaint alleges that we
have interfered with the selective distribution network the plaintiffs set up in France and the European Union by
allowing third parties to post listings offering genuine perfumes and cosmetics for sale on our sites. The plaintiffs in
this suit seek approximately EUR 9 million in damages and injunctive relief. We filed our initial briefs responding to
the first complaint in February 2007, and initial briefs in response to the second complaint were filed in April 2007.
We believe that we have meritorious defenses to these suits and intend to defend ourselves vigorously. Other luxury
brand owners have also filed suit against us or have threatened to do so.
In September 2001, MercExchange LLC filed a complaint against us, our Half.com subsidiary and ReturnBuy,
Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (No. 2:01-CV-736) alleging infringement of three
patents (relating to online consignment auction technology, multiple database searching and electronic consignment
systems) and seeking a permanent injunction and damages (including treble damages for willful infringement).
Following a trial in 2003, the jury returned a verdict finding that we had willfully infringed the patents relating to
multiple database searching and electronic consignment systems, and the court entered judgment for MercExchange
in the amount of approximately $30 million, plus pre-judgment interest and post-judgment interest. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit later reduced the award to $25.5 million. In May 2006, following appeals to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court remanded the case
back to the district court for further action. In parallel with the federal court proceedings, at our request, the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agreed to reexamine each of the patents in suit, finding that substantial questions
existed regarding the validity of the claims contained in them. In separate actions in 2005, the Patent and Trademark
Office initially rejected all of the claims contained in the three patents in suit. In March 2006, the Patent and
Trademark Office reiterated its earlier ruling rejecting the claims contained in the patent that underlies the jury
verdict, which relates to electronic consignment systems. We have requested that the district court stay all
proceedings in the case pending the final outcome of the reexamination proceedings, and MercExchange has renewed
its request that the district court grant an injunction. A hearing on these motions was held in June 2007, and we are
now awaiting rulings from the court. Even if successful, our litigation of these matters will continue to be costly. As
a precautionary measure, we have modified certain functionality of our websites and business practices in a manner
which we believe avoids any infringement of the consignment patent. For this reason, we believe that any injunction
that might be issued by the district court will not have any impact on our business. We also believe we have
appropriate reserves for this litigation. Nonetheless, if the modifications to the functionality of our websites and
business practices are not sufficient to make them non-infringing, we would likely be forced to pay significant
additional damages and licensing fees and/or modify our business practices in an adverse manner.
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In June 2006, Net2Phone, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
(No. 06-2469) alleging that eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., and Skype Inc. infringed five patents owned by
Net2Phone relating to point-to-point Internet protocol. The suit seeks an injunction against continuing infringement,
unspecified damages, including treble damages for willful infringement, and interest, costs, and fees. We have filed
an answer and counterclaims asserting that the patents are invalid, unenforceable, and were not infringed. The parties
are in the process of conducting discovery. A claim construction hearing has been scheduled for September 2007,
and we expect a trial date to be scheduled for 2008. We believe that we have meritorious defenses and intend to
defend ourselves vigorously.
In August 2006, Peer Communications Corporation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Texas (No. 6-06CV-370) alleging that eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., and Skype Inc. infringed
two patents owned by Peer Communications relating to uniform network access. The suit seeks an injunction against
continuing infringement, unspecified damages, and interest, costs, and fees. The parties are in the process of
conducting discovery, and a trial date has been scheduled for October 2008. We believe that we have meritorious
defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In September 2006, Mangosoft Intellectual Property, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas (No. 2-06CV-390) alleging that eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., and Skype Software
S.a.r.l. infringed a patent owned by Mangosoft relating to dynamic directory services. The suit seeks an injunction
against continuing infringement, unspecified damages, and interest, costs, and fees. We have filed an answer and
counterclaims asserting that the patents are invalid, unenforceable, and not infringed. We received an initial
scheduling order from the court that sets some discovery deadlines, but not a trial date. We believe that we have
meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In February 2007, our StubHub subsidiary was sued in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of
California (No. CV-07-1328) in a purported class action lawsuit alleging that StubHub violated the Fair and Accurate
Credit Transaction Act by allegedly printing receipts containing more than the last five digits of a credit card number
or the expiration date. The complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages and attorneys fees. We believe that
we have meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In March 2007, a plaintiff filed a purported antitrust class action lawsuit against eBay in the Western District of
Texas alleging that eBay, through its wholly owned subsidiary PayPal, used illegal tie-in and steering practices to
improperly “monopolize” the forms of payment that sellers can use on eBay. The plaintiff alleges claims under
sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, as well as related state law claims. The complaint seeks treble damages and an
injunction. In April 2007, the plaintiff re-filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California (No. 07-CV-01882-RS), and dismissed the Texas action. In June 2007, we filed a motion to dismiss the
class action complaint. We believe that we have meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In May 2007, Netcraft Corporation filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Wisconsin
(No. 07-C-0254C) alleging that eBay and PayPal infringed two of its patents entitled “Internet billing methods.” The
suit seeks an injunction against continuing infringement, unspecified damages, and interest, costs, and fees. The
parties are in the process of conducting discovery. The court has recently entered a scheduling order setting the claim
construction hearing for November 2007 and the trial for June 2008. We believe that we have meritorious defenses
and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
Other third parties have from time to time claimed, and others may claim in the future, that we have infringed
their intellectual property rights. We are subject to additional patent disputes, and expect that we will increasingly be
subject to patent infringement claims as our services expand in scope and complexity. In particular, we expect that
we may face additional patent infringement claims involving various aspects of our Marketplaces, Payments and
Communications businesses. We have in the past been forced to litigate such claims. We may also become more
vulnerable to third-party claims as laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act and the
Communications Decency Act are interpreted by the courts, and as we expand geographically into jurisdictions
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where the underlying laws with respect to the potential liability of online intermediaries like ourselves are either
unclear or less favorable. We believe that additional lawsuits alleging that we have violated copyright or trademark
laws will be filed against us, especially in Europe. Intellectual property claims, whether meritorious or not, are time
consuming and costly to resolve, could require expensive changes in our methods of doing business, or could require
us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements.
From time to time, we are involved in other disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of
business. The number and significance of these disputes and inquiries are increasing as our business expands and our
company grows larger. Any claims or regulatory actions against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time
consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time, and result in the diversion of
significant operational resources.
Indemnification Provisions
In the ordinary course of business we have included limited indemnification provisions in certain of our
agreements with parties with whom we have commercial relations, including our standard marketing, promotions and
application-programming-interface license agreements. Under these contracts, we generally indemnify, hold
harmless, and agree to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in
connection with claims by a third party with respect to domain names, trademarks, logos and other branding elements
to the extent that such marks are applicable to our performance under the subject agreement. In a limited number of
agreements, we have provided an indemnity for other types of third-party claims, substantially all of which are
indemnities related to copyrights, trademarks, and patents. In our PayPal business, we have provided an indemnity to
our payment processors in the event of certain third-party claims or card association fines against the processor
arising out of conduct by PayPal or PayPal’s customers. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential loss
under these indemnification provisions due to our limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts
and circumstances involved in each particular provision. To date, no significant costs have been incurred, either
individually or collectively, in connection with our indemnification provisions.
Note 7 —Stock Repurchase Program
In 2006, our Board of Directors (“Board”) authorized a stock repurchase program for $2.0 billion of our
common stock. In January 2007, our Board authorized the expansion of the stock repurchase program to provide for
the repurchase of up to an additional $2.0 billion of our common stock by January 2009. The stock repurchase
activity under the program, excluding broker commissions, during the first six months of 2007 is summarized as
follows (in thousands, except per-share amounts):
Average Value of Remaining
Shares Price per Shares Amount
Repurchased Share Repurchased Authorized
Balance at January 1, 2007 54,526 $ 30.54 $1,665,450 $ 334,550
Additional authorization in January 2007 — — — 2,000,000
Repurchase of common stock 20,546 32.94 676,828 (676,828)
Balance at June 30, 2007 75,072 31.20 $2,342,278 $1,657,722
These repurchased shares are recorded as treasury stock and are accounted for under the cost method. No
repurchased shares have been retired.
During the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, we entered into structured equity hedging transactions.
According to the terms of the transactions, on the maturity date, if the market price of our common stock exceeded a
pre-determined price, we had the option to settle the transaction in cash or shares of our common stock. If the market
price of our common stock was below that pre-determined price, we were required to settle the transactions in shares
of our common stock.
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During the three-month period ended March 31, 2007, we paid $99.6 million to enter into a structured equity
hedging transaction that matured on March 30, 2007. On the maturity date, based on the market price of our stock,
we chose to settle for $102.3 million in cash. The premium of approximately $2.7 million was recorded as additional
paid-in capital. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2007, we paid $93.7 million to enter into a structured
equity hedging transaction that matured on June 29, 2007. On the maturity date, based on the market price of our
stock, we settled for approximately 3.0 million shares of our common stock at an effective per share price of $31.40.
Note 8 —Stock-Based Plans
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The impact on our results of operations of recording stock-based compensation for the three and six-month
periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2007 was as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2006 2007 2006 2007
Cost of net revenues $ 7,631 $ 9,638 $ 17,107 $ 18,411
Sales and marketing 27,063 23,086 51,784 42,309
Product development 22,991 19,420 43,692 35,377
General and administrative 27,723 27,477 56,643 55,474
Total stock-based compensation expense 85,408 79,621 169,226 151,571
Tax benefit (25,088) (24,239) (50,539) (45,602)
Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax $ 60,320 $ 55,382 $118,687 $105,969
Total stock-based compensation included in capitalized development costs was $2.3 million and $2.1 million for
the three-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Total stock-based compensation included in
capitalized development costs was $4.5 million and $4.2 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and
2007, respectively.
Valuation Assumptions
We calculated the fair value of each option award on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model. The following weighted average assumptions were used for each respective period:
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, 2007 June 30, 2007
Risk-free interest rates 4.7% 4.5%
Expected lives (in years) 3.5 3.5
Dividend yield 0% 0%
Expected volatility 35% 36%
Our computation of expected volatility is based on a combination of historical and market-based implied
volatility from traded options on our common stock. Our computation of expected life was determined based on
historical experience of similar awards, giving consideration to the contractual terms of the stock-based awards,
vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior. The interest rate for periods within the contractual
life of the award is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.
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Stock Options
The following table summarizes stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2007 (in thousands):
Shares
Outstanding at January 1, 2007 136,614
Granted and assumed 17,686
Exercised (9,279)
Forfeited/expired/cancelled (8,468)
Outstanding at June 30, 2007 136,553
Stock options granted under our equity incentive plans generally vest 25% one year from the date of grant (or
12.5% six months from the date of grant for existing employees) and the remainder generally vest at a rate of 2.08%
per month thereafter, and generally expire seven to ten years from the date of grant. The weighted average exercise
price of stock options granted and assumed during the period was $32.31 per share and the related weighted average
grant date fair value was $10.34 per share.
Restricted Stock Units and Nonvested Shares
The following table summarizes restricted stock units activity for the six months ended June 30, 2007 (in
thousands):
Units
Outstanding at January 1, 2007 508
Awarded 6,861
Vested —
Forfeited (251)
Outstanding at June 30, 2007 7,118
In general, restricted stock units vest over three to five years and are subject to the employees’ continuing
service to the company. The cost of restricted stock units is determined using the fair value of our common stock on
the date of the grant. The weighted average grant date fair value for restricted stock units awarded during the period
was $32.08 per share. During the first quarter of 2007, restricted stock units were awarded as part of our annual
incentive compensation review for the first time.
During the six-months ended June 30, 2007, there was no significant activity in nonvested shares.
Note 9 —Income Taxes
On January 1, 2007, we adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). As of January 1, 2007, we had $385.7 million of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits.
If recognized, the portion of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits that would decrease our provision for income
taxes and increase our net income is $279.6 million. The impact on net income reflects the liabilities for
unrecognized tax benefits net of certain deferred tax assets and the federal tax benefit of state income tax items. The
adoption resulted in a reclassification of certain tax liabilities from current to non-current and had no significant
cumulative impact to retained earnings.
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As of June 30, 2007, our liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits were $438.1 million and are included in
deferred and other tax liabilities, net. The total liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits and the increase for the
current period of these liabilities relate primarily to the allocations of revenue and costs among our global operations.
Over the next twelve months, our existing tax positions will continue to generate an increase in liabilities for
unrecognized tax benefits. We recognize interest and/or penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax
expense. The amount of interest and penalties accrued at June 30, 2007 was approximately $7.3 million.
We are subject to taxation in the U.S. and various states and foreign jurisdictions. We are under examination by
certain tax authorities for the 2003 tax year. The material jurisdictions that are subject to examination by tax
authorities for tax years after 2002 primarily include California, the U.S., Singapore and Switzerland.
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Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains statements that involve expectations, plans or intentions (such as those relating to future
business or financial results, new features or services, or management strategies). These statements are forward-
looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties, so actual results may vary materially. You can identify these
forward-looking statements by words such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “plan” and other similar expressions. You should consider our forward- looking statements in light of the
risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors That May Affect Results of Operations and Financial Condition”
below, as well as our consolidated financial statements, related notes, and the other financial information appearing
elsewhere in this report and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
You should read the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes that
appear elsewhere in this report.
Overview
About eBay
We operate three primary business segments: Marketplaces, Payments and Communications. The Marketplaces
segment enables online commerce through a variety of different platforms, including the traditional eBay auction
site, our classifieds websites, our comparison shopping site, Shopping.com, our secondary tickets platform, StubHub
and Rent.com. Our Payments segment, which consists of PayPal, enables individuals or businesses to securely, easily
and quickly send and receive payments online. Our Communications segment, which consists of Skype, enables
VoIP communications between Skype users, and also provides Skype users low-cost connectivity to traditional fixed-
line and mobile telephones.
Executive Operating and Financial Summary
Our focus is on understanding our key operating and financial metrics
Members of our senior management team regularly review key operating metrics such as registered users, active
users, listings, gross merchandise volume (“GMV”), total accounts, active accounts, total number of payments, total
payment volume, and transaction rates. Members of our senior management also regularly review key financial
information including net revenues, operating income margins, earnings per share, cash flows from operations and
free cash flows, which we define as operating cash flows less purchases of property and equipment, net. These
operating and financial measures allow us to monitor the health and vibrancy of our Marketplaces, Payments, and
Communications segments and the profitability of our business and to evaluate the effectiveness of investments that
we have made and continue to make in the areas of marketing, product development, international expansion,
customer support and site operations. We believe that an understanding of these key operating and financial measures
and how they change over time is important to investors, analysts and other parties analyzing our business results and
future market opportunities.
Financial summary
Net revenues for the three-month period ended June 30, 2007 were $1.83 billion, representing a growth rate of
30% year over year. Operating income for the three-month period ended June 30, 2007 was $456.9 million, or 25%
of net revenues. Net income for the three-month period ended June 30, 2007 was $375.8 million, or $0.27 earnings
per diluted share. During the second quarter of 2007, we repurchased 10.3 million shares of our common stock for an
aggregate purchase price of $343.7 million.
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Our expectations for growth
For the remainder of 2007, we expect that our net transaction revenues will increase as we continue to grow
GMV, our non-GMV based businesses, total payment volume and Skype user activity. Additionally, we expect our
advertising revenue to continue to grow. We expect to continue our investments in the areas of product development,
customer support, marketing and international expansion across all segments. We believe these investments are
necessary to support the long-term demands of our growing business. In addition, to the extent that the U.S. dollar
fluctuates against foreign currencies, and, in particular, the Euro, British pound, Australian dollar and Korean won,
the remeasurement of these foreign currency denominated transactions into U.S. dollars will impact our consolidated
net revenues and, to the extent that they are not hedged, our net income.
The discussion of our consolidated financial results in this report is intended to assist those reading this report to
better understand the key operating and financial measures summarized above, as well as the changes in our
consolidated results of operations from year to year, and the primary factors that accounted for those changes.
Seasonality
The following table sets forth, for the periods presented, our total net revenues and the sequential quarterly
growth of these net revenues.
Three Months Ended
March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
(In thousands, except percentages)
2005
Net revenues $1,031,724 $1,086,303 $ 1,105,515 $1,328,859
Current quarter vs prior quarter 10% 5% 2% 20%
2006
Net revenues $1,390,419 $1,410,784 $ 1,448,637 $1,719,901
Current quarter vs prior quarter 5% 1% 3% 19%
2007
Net revenues $1,768,074 $1,834,429 N/A N/A
Current quarter vs prior quarter 3% 4%
We expect transaction activity patterns on our websites to increasingly mirror general consumer buying patterns,
both online and offline, as our business expands, with the strongest sequential growth occurring in the fourth quarter.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods presented, the breakdown of net revenues by type, segment and
geography. In addition, we have provided a table of key operating metrics that we believe are significant factors
affecting our net revenues.
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percent changes)
Net Revenues by Type:
Net transaction revenues
Marketplaces $ 997,121 $1,236,835 24% $1,987,648 $2,448,380 23%
Payments 330,684 432,294 31% 658,834 851,286 29%
Communications 44,158 89,133 102% 79,318 166,211 110%
Total net transaction revenues 1,371,963 1,758,262 28% 2,725,800 3,465,877 27%
Advertising and other net revenues 38,821 76,167 96% 75,403 136,626 81%
Total net revenues $1,410,784 $1,834,429 30% $2,801,203 $3,602,503 29%
Net Revenues by Segment:
Marketplaces $1,027,535 $1,290,552 26% $2,047,728 $2,540,752 24%
Payments 339,091 454,167 34% 674,157 893,508 33%
Communications 44,158 89,710 103% 79,318 168,243 112%
Total net revenues $1,410,784 $1,834,429 30% $2,801,203 $3,602,503 29%
Net Revenues by Geography:
U.S. $ 724,699 $ 895,820 24% $1,472,835 $1,780,729 21%
International 686,085 938,609 37% 1,328,368 1,821,774 37%
Total net revenues $1,410,784 $1,834,429 30% $2,801,203 $3,602,503 29%
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percent changes)
Supplemental Operating Data:
Marketplaces Segment(1):
Confirmed registered users(2) 202.7 241.0 19% 202.7 241.0 19%
Active users(3) 77.7 83.3 7% 77.7 83.3 7%
Number of listings(4) 596.0 559.1 (6)% 1,171.4 1,147.5 (2)%
GMV(5) $ 12,896 $ 14,464 12% $ 25,400 $ 28,745 13%
Payments Segment:
Total accounts(6) 113.7 153.1 35% 113.7 153.1 35%
Active accounts(7) 29.5 35.9 22% 29.5 35.9 22%
Number of payments(8) 143.3 172.9 21% 292.5 349.9 20%
Total payment volume(9) $ 8,856 $ 11,691 32% $ 17,625 $ 23,050 31%
Communications Segment:
Registered users(10) 113.1 219.6 94% 113.1 219.6 94%
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(1) Rent.com, Shopping.com, and our classifieds websites are not included in these metrics.
(2) Cumulative total of all users who have completed the registration process on one of eBay Marketplaces
trading platforms. Users may register more than once, and as a result, may have more than one account.
(3) All users, excluding users of Half.com, StubHub and Internet Auction, who bid on, bought, or listed an item
within the previous 12-month period. Users may register more than once, and as a result, may have more than
one account.
(4) Listings on eBay Marketplaces trading platforms during the period, regardless of whether the listing
subsequently closed successfully.
(5) Total value of all successfully closed items between users on eBay Marketplaces trading platforms during the
period, regardless of whether the buyer and seller actually consummated the transaction.
(6) Cumulative total of all accounts opened, including users who made payments using PayPal but have not
registered, excluding accounts that have been closed or locked and the payment gateway business accounts.
Users may register more than once, and as a result, may have more than one account.
(7) All accounts, and users whether registered or not, that sent or received at least one payment through the
PayPal system during the period. Users may register more than once, and as a result, may have more than one
account.
(8) Total number of payments initiated through the PayPal system during the period, excluding the payment
gateway business, regardless of whether the payment was actually sent successfully, or was reversed, rejected,
or pending at the end of the period.
(9) Total dollar volume of payments initiated through the PayPal system during the period, excluding the payment
gateway business, regardless of whether the payment was actually sent successfully, or was reversed, rejected,
or was pending at the end of the period.
(10) Cumulative number of user accounts created on Skype as of the end of the period. Users may register more
than once, and as a result, may have more than one account.
Our net transaction revenues from our Marketplaces segment are derived primarily from listing, feature and final
value fees paid by sellers and lead referral fees. For our Payments segment, net transaction revenues are generated
primarily by fees from payment processing services. Our Communications segment primarily generates net
transaction revenues from fees charged to users to connect Skype’s VoIP product to traditional telecommunication
networks. These fees are charged on a per minute basis or on a subscription basis and we refer to these minutes as
SkypeOut minutes. Net revenues from advertising are derived principally from the sale of advertisements and from
revenue sharing arrangements. Other net revenues are derived principally from contractual arrangements with third
parties that provide transaction services to eBay and PayPal users and interest earned from banks on certain PayPal
customer account balances.
Net revenues are attributed to U.S. and International geographies based upon the country in which the seller,
payment recipient, Skype user’s Internet protocol address, online property that generates advertising, or other service
provider is located.
Marketplaces Net Transaction Revenues
Total net transaction revenues from Marketplaces increased 24% and 23% during the second quarter and the first
six months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year. The increase in net transaction
revenues was the result of growth in GMV, growth in our non-GMV based businesses (Shopping.com, Rent.com and
our classifieds websites) and pricing changes made over the last twelve months. Our non-GMV based businesses are
growing faster than the overall Marketplaces businesses.
GMV increased 12% and 13% during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively,
compared to the same periods of the prior year. Although the number of listings declined during the second quarter
and the first six months of 2007 compared to the same periods in prior year, GMV growth was primarily driven by an
increase in conversion rates, average selling prices and a weaker U.S. dollar. GMV growth occurred across all major
categories, with the motors, consumer electronics, clothing, home, sports, tickets and business categories having the
most significant dollar impact.
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Marketplaces net transaction revenues earned internationally were $646.1 million and $1.3 billion during the
second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, representing 52% of total Marketplaces net transaction
revenues in both periods. Marketplaces net transaction revenues earned internationally were $506.7 million and
$989.9 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2006, respectively, representing 51% and 50% of
total Marketplaces net transaction revenues, respectively. Based on changes in foreign currency rates year over year,
Marketplaces net revenues were positively impacted by foreign currency translation of approximately $43.4 million
and $93.7 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively. Changes in foreign
currency rates will impact our operating results and, to the extent that the U.S. dollar strengthens, our foreign
currency denominated net revenues will be negatively impacted.
For the remainder of 2007, we expect Marketplaces net transaction revenues to increase as GMV increases,
along with continued growth from our non-GMV based businesses.
Payments Net Transaction Revenues
Payments net transaction revenues increased 31% and 29% during the second quarter and the first six months of
2007, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year. The increase in net transaction revenue is
consistent with our 32% and 31% growth in total payment volume during the second quarter and first six months of
2007, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year. Payments net transaction revenues are still
primarily derived from PayPal’s penetration of eBay Marketplaces transactions. Payments net transaction revenues
have grown in connection with the increase in our eBay Marketplaces GMV during the second quarter and first six
months of 2007 as compared to the same periods of the prior year.
In addition, net transaction revenue growth was due to a 57% and 54% increase in total payment volume in
PayPal’s merchant services transactions during the second quarter and first six months of 2007, respectively,
compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase in merchant services business is due to more online
merchants, both domestically and internationally, adding PayPal as a payment option. The total payment volume for
PayPal’s merchant services transactions was approximately $4.9 billion and $9.3 billion in the second quarter and the
first six months of 2007, respectively, which represented 42% and 40% of PayPal’s total payment volume,
respectively. The total payment volume for PayPal’s merchant services transactions was approximately $3.1 billion
and $6.0 billion in the second quarter and the first six months of 2006, which represented 35% and 34% of PayPal’s
total payment volume, respectively. Our Payments net transaction revenues as a percentage of total payment volume
was 3.7% during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007 and 2006.
Payments net transaction revenues earned internationally were $181.1 million and $352.4 million during the
second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, representing 42% and 41% of total Payments net
transaction revenues during those periods. This is compared to Payments net transaction revenues earned
internationally of $125.2 million and $243.8 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2006,
respectively, representing 38% and 37% of total Payments net transaction revenues during those periods. Growth in
the international business continues to benefit from our expansion of our geographical footprint and expansion in the
number of currencies supported by PayPal over the last twelve months. Based on changes in foreign currency rates
year over year, Payments net revenues were positively impacted by foreign currency translation of approximately
$8.8 million and $18.8 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively. Changes in
foreign currency rates will impact our operating results and, to the extent that the U.S. dollar strengthens, our foreign
currency denominated net revenues will be negatively impacted.
For the remainder of 2007, we expect Payments net transaction revenues to increase in total and net transaction
revenues earned internationally to increase in total and as a percentage of Payments net transaction revenues. We
expect to grow our merchant services business as the number of merchants integrating PayPal on their websites
increases and we build consumer preference for PayPal. In addition, we expect to benefit from growth in
Marketplaces GMV.
Communications Net Transaction Revenues
Communications net transaction revenues increased 102% and 110% during the second quarter and the first six
months of 2007 compared to the same periods of the prior year. The increase in net revenues was primarily due to an
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increase in SkypeOut minutes to 1.3 billion during the second quarter of 2007, compared to 849 million in the same
period of the prior year. SkypeOut minutes increased to 2.6 billion in the first six months of 2007, compared to
1.5 billion in the same period of the prior year. The increase in SkypeOut minutes was due primarily to the growth in
the cumulative number of Skype registered users to 219.6 million at June 30, 2007 from 113.1 million at June 30,
2006. Prior period SkypeOut minutes have been adjusted to exclude non-revenue generating minutes. The growth in
Skype’s user activity has slowed somewhat as Skype has increased its focus on monetization of users.
Communications net transaction revenues earned internationally were $75.7 million and $141.2 million in the
second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, representing 85% of total Communications net
transaction revenues during both periods. Communications net transaction revenues earned internationally were
$37.8 million and $68.1 million in the second quarter and the first six months of 2006, respectively, representing
86% of total Communications net transaction revenues during both periods. Based on changes in foreign currency
rates year over year, Communications net revenues were positively impacted by foreign currency translation of
approximately $6.1 million and $12.6 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007. Changes in
foreign currency rates will impact our operating results and, to the extent that the U.S. dollar strengthens, our foreign
currency denominated net revenues will be negatively impacted.
For the remainder of 2007, we expect an increase in total Communications net transaction revenues and we
expect to continue our focus on increasing user activity and expanding our product and feature-set.
Advertising and Other Net Revenues
Advertising and other net revenues represented 4% of total net revenues during the second quarter and the first
six months of 2007 and 2006. Advertising and other net revenues increased 96% and 81% during the second quarter
and the first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year due to Marketplaces
advertising initiatives and interest earned from banks on certain U.S. PayPal customer account balances. Prior to the
fourth quarter of 2006, certain U.S. PayPal customer account balances were maintained in non-interest bearing
accounts. As we continue to view our business as primarily transaction-revenue driven, we expect advertising and
other net revenues to continue to represent a relatively small proportion of total net revenues during the remainder of
2007. We expect advertising and other net revenues to increase in total as we continue to benefit from the significant
number of users on our Marketplaces platforms.
Cost of Net Revenues
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Cost of net revenues $296,883 $416,789 40% $580,480 $810,478 40%
As a percentage of net revenues 21.0% 22.7% 20.7% 22.5%
Cost of net revenues consists primarily of costs associated with payment processing, customer support and site
operations, and Skype telecommunications costs. Significant cost components include bank transaction fees, credit
card interchange, assessments, other payment processing costs, employee compensation, contractor costs, facilities
costs for our customer support and site operations, depreciation of equipment, amortization of capitalized product
development costs and amortization of acquired developed technology.
The increase in cost of net revenues during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, compared to the
same periods in the prior year, was primarily due to an increase in payment processing costs, Skype
telecommunications costs, and customer support and site operations costs as we continue to grow our lower margin
segments, Payments and Communications. Payment processing costs increased $60.0 million and $109.3 million
during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior
year. Payment processing costs are driven by higher Marketplaces transaction activity and an increase in PayPal total
payment volume. Skype telecommunications costs increased $20.5 million and $42.2 million during the second
quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, primarily due
to an increase in SkypeOut minutes. Aggregate customer support and site operations costs increased
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approximately $38.1 million and $77.3 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007,
respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year due to the development and expansion of our customer
support and site operations infrastructure. Cost of net revenues has increased as a percentage of net revenues during
the second quarter and first six months of 2007 as a result of the growth of our lower gross margin businesses,
PayPal and Skype.
For the remainder of 2007, cost of net revenues is expected to increase in total and as a percentage of net
revenues primarily due to growth in our Payments and Communications segments, each of which is growing faster
and has a lower gross margin than our Marketplaces segment.
Sales and Marketing
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Sales and marketing $384,347 $477,768 24% $773,031 $921,020 19%
As a percentage of net revenues 27.2% 26.0% 27.6% 25.6%
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising costs, marketing programs, contractor costs and
employee compensation for sales and marketing staff.
The increase in sales and marketing expenses in the second quarter and the first six months of 2007 of
$93.4 million and $148.0 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year was primarily due to
our continued investment in growing and retaining our active user base. We direct customers to our websites
primarily through a number of online marketing channels such as sponsored search, portal advertising,
e-mail campaigns and other initiatives. Our marketing expenses are largely variable, based on growth in sales and
change in rates. Combined advertising and marketing costs increased $82.3 million and $127.4 million in the second
quarter and first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to same periods in the prior year. Employee related
costs, including the use of contractors, increased $6.1 million and $15.2 million in the second quarter and first six
months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year due to an increase in staffing.
For the remainder of 2007, sales and marketing expenses are expected to increase in total due to an expected
increase in our marketing expenses to attract new customers and increase user activity across all of our segments.
Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues are expected to slightly decrease due to improved sales
and marketing expense leverage in our Marketplaces segment and the growth in our Payments and Communications
segments, each of which generally has lower relative sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues
than our Marketplaces segment.
Product Development
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Product development $123,972 $147,934 19% $243,042 $285,532 17%
As a percentage of net revenues 8.8% 8.1% 8.7% 7.9%
Product development expenses consist primarily of employee compensation, contractor costs, facilities costs and
depreciation on equipment. Product development expenses are net of required capitalization of major site and other
product development efforts, including the development of our next generation platform architecture, migration of
certain platforms, seller tools and Payment-services projects. Capitalized site and product development costs were
$21.4 million and $38.9 million in the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, and
$17.4 million and $35.4 million in the second quarter and the first six months of 2006, respectively. Capitalized site
and product development costs are reflected as a cost of net revenues when amortized in future periods.
The increase in product development expenses in the second quarter and the first six months of 2007 of
$24.0 million and $42.5 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year, was primarily due to
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an increase in staffing and contractor costs to support several platform development initiatives to enhance the user
experience and expand our existing product offerings.
For the remainder of 2007, product development expenses are expected to increase in total and remain consistent
as a percentage of net revenues, as we develop new site features and functionality and continue to improve and
expand operations across all businesses while leveraging our expenses.
General and Administrative
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
General and administrative $236,576 $283,478 20% $466,128 $561,837 21%
As a percentage of net revenues 16.8% 15.5% 16.6% 15.6%
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee compensation, contractor costs, provisions
for transaction losses associated with PayPal, facilities costs, depreciation of equipment, provision for doubtful
accounts, payroll taxes on employee stock options, insurance and professional fees.
The increase in general and administrative expenses in the second quarter and the first six months of 2007 of
$46.9 million and $95.7 million, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, was primarily due to
the provision for transaction losses associated with PayPal, employee related costs, facilities costs and professional
services. PayPal’s payment transaction loss rate, which is the transaction loss expense as a percentage of PayPal’s
total payment volume, increased to 0.29% and 0.30% during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007,
respectively, compared to 0.27% and 0.28% during the second quarter and the first six months of 2006, respectively.
Our transaction loss rate can fluctuate widely depending on many factors, such as historical experience of losses,
funding mix and total payment volume. The funding mix reflects how senders fund their payment transactions (credit
cards, electronic funds transfers, or existing PayPal account balances). Transaction loss expense increased
$9.6 million and $19.9 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to
the same periods in the prior year. Employee related costs and facilities costs increased $26.1 million and
$51.5 million during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods
in the prior year due to an increase in staff. Professional services costs increased $8.5 million and $11.5 million
during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior
year.
For the remainder of 2007, we expect general and administrative expenses to increase due to our continued
investment across all areas of our business and related corporate functions, particularly in our consumer protection
programs. General and administrative expenses are expected to decrease as a percentage of net revenues due to
leverage in our traditional general and administrative functions, which we expect will be partially offset by
investments in our consumer protection programs.
Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets $57,592 $51,554 (10)% $104,484 $98,903 (5)%
As a percentage of net revenues 4.1% 2.8% 3.7% 2.7%
From time to time we have purchased, and we expect to continue to purchase, assets or businesses to accelerate
category and geographic expansion, increase the features, functions, and formats available to our users and maintain
a leading role in e-commerce, payments and communications. These purchase transactions generally result in the
creation of acquired intangible assets with finite lives and lead to a corresponding increase in the amortization
expense in future periods. We amortize intangible assets over the period of estimated benefit, using the straight-line
method and estimated useful lives ranging from one to eight years. The slight decrease in amortization of acquired
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intangibles is due to a $10.4 million charge for in-process research and development taken in the second quarter of
2006 related to an acquisition completed during that period.
Amortization of acquired intangible assets may increase should we make additional acquisitions in the future.
Interest and Other Income, Net
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Interest and other income, net $25,629 $33,967 33% $51,388 $63,987 25%
As a percentage of net revenues 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 1.8%
Interest and other income, net, consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and investments as well as
foreign exchange transaction gains and losses, our portion of unconsolidated joint venture results and other
miscellaneous transactions not related to our primary operations.
Our interest and other income, net, increased during the second quarter and the first six months of 2007 as
compared to the same periods of the prior year, due to higher cash, cash equivalents and investments balances. The
weighted-average interest rate of our portfolio was approximately 4.2% and 4.0% in the second quarter and the first
six months of 2007, respectively, compared to 3.7% and 3.6% in the second quarter and the first six months of the
prior year, respectively.
For the remainder of 2007, interest and other income, net, will vary primarily based on future interest rates and
the level of invested assets, and our portion of the results of investments in unconsolidated entities.
Interest Expense
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Interest expense $929 $2,734 194% $1,676 $7,276 334%
As a percentage of net revenues 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Interest expense consists of interest charges on the amount drawn under our line of credit and certain accrued
contingencies. The increase in interest expense in the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, compared to
the same period of the prior year, is primarily due to interest charges associated with our line of credit and certain
accrued contingencies. During the three months ended June 30, 2007, we borrowed and repaid $200 million under
our line of credit. During the six months ended June 30, 2007, we borrowed and repaid $360 million under our line of
credit.
Provision for Income Taxes
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30, Percent June 30, June 30, Percent
2006 2007 Change 2006 2007 Change
(In thousands, except percentages)
Provision for income taxes $86,120 $112,315 30% $185,474 $228,444 23%
As a percentage of net revenues 6.1% 6.1% 6.6% 6.3%
Effective tax rate 26% 23% 27% 23%
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory U.S. federal rate
principally due to foreign income with lower tax rates and from tax credits that lower the effective tax rate offset by
state taxes, subsidiary losses for which we have not provided a benefit and other factors that increase the effective tax
rate.
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The lower effective tax rates for the second quarter and the first six months of 2007, compared to the same
periods of 2006, resulted primarily from expansion of our international operations and favorable changes in our
income mix among international tax jurisdictions. For the remainder of 2007, we expect our effective tax rate to be
lower compared to 2006.
Foreign Exchange Hedging Policy
We are a growing company, with an increasing proportion of our operations outside the U.S. Accordingly, our
foreign currency exposures have increased substantially and are expected to continue to grow. The objective of our
foreign exchange exposure management program is to identify material foreign currency exposures and to manage
these exposures to minimize the potential effects of currency fluctuations on our reported cash flow and results of
operations.
Our primary foreign currency exposures are transaction, economic and translation:
Transaction Exposure: Around the world, we have certain assets and liabilities, primarily receivables,
investments and accounts payable (including inter-company transactions), that are denominated in currencies other
than the relevant entity’s functional currency. In certain circumstances, changes in the functional currency value of
these assets and liabilities create fluctuations in our reported consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash flows. We may enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the short-term foreign currency fluctuations
on such assets and liabilities. The gains and losses on the foreign exchange contracts offset the transaction gains and
losses on certain foreign currency receivables, investments and payables, all of which are recognized in interest and
other income, net.
Economic Exposure: We also have anticipated future cash flows, including revenues and expenses,
denominated in currencies other than the relevant entity’s functional currency. Our primary economic exposures
include future royalty receivables, customer fees, and vendor payments. Changes in the relevant entity’s functional
currency value will cause fluctuations in the cash flows we expect to receive when these cash flows are realized or
settled. We may enter into foreign exchange contracts to hedge the value of a portion of these cash flows. We
account for these foreign exchange contracts as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the derivative’s gain or
loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and subsequently
reclassified into earnings when the transaction is settled.
Earnings Translation Exposure: As our international operations grow, fluctuations in the foreign currencies
create volatility in our reported results of operations because we are required to consolidate the results of operations
of our foreign denominated subsidiaries. We may decide to purchase foreign exchange contracts to offset the
earnings impact of currency fluctuations. Such contracts will be marked-to-market on a monthly basis and any
unrealized gain or loss will be recorded in interest and other income, net.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2006 2007
(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities $1,099,717 $1,219,077
Investing activities (58,823) (59,700)
Financing activities 235,974 (460,646)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents 43,933 56,826
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents $1,320,801 $ 755,557
We generated cash from operating activities in amounts greater than net income in the six months ended
June 30, 2006 and 2007, mainly due to non-cash charges to earnings and tax benefits from stock-based
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compensation. Non-cash charges to earnings included depreciation and amortization on our long-term assets, stock-
based compensation, provision for doubtful accounts and authorized credits resulting from increasing revenues and
the provision for transaction losses resulting from increased total payment volumes processed by our PayPal
subsidiary. As a substantial portion of the company’s net operating losses and tax credits have now been utilized,
cash is now required for tax payments in the U.S. For the remainder of 2007, total U.S. and foreign income tax
payments will be dependent on our taxable income and are estimated to be in the range of $175 to $225 million. For
the remainder of 2007, we expect net cash provided by operating activities to increase primarily from higher net
income.
Net cash used in investing activities during the first six months of 2007 consisted primarily of cash paid to
acquire businesses totaling $320.2 million, the purchase of computer equipment and software to support our site
operations, customer support and international expansion for $206.7 million, offset by net cash provided by our
investment activity of $465.1 million. Net cash used in investing activities of $58.8 million during the first
six months of 2006 consisted primarily of the cash payment for computer equipment and software to support our site
operations, customer support and international expansion. For the remainder of 2007, we expect to continue to
purchase property and equipment and we may acquire other businesses for cash, which would reduce investing cash
flows or increase investing cash usage.
The net cash flows used in financing activities during the first six months of 2007 was primarily due to the
repurchase of approximately 20.5 million shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately
$674.9 million, offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock purchase plan and
the exercise of stock options of $184.4 million and the excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation of
$29.8 million. Net cash provided by financing activities of $236.0 million during the first six months of 2006 was
due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock
options of $175.0 million and the excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation of $61.0 million. For the
remainder of 2007, we may continue to repurchase common stock, which would reduce financing cash flows or
increase financing cash usage.
The positive effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents during the six months ended June 30, 2007
and 2006 was due to the weakness of the U.S. dollar during the respective periods against other foreign currencies,
primarily the Euro.
Stock Repurchases
In July 2006, our Board authorized the repurchase of up to $2.0 billion of our common stock within two years
from the date of authorization. In January 2007, our Board authorized an expansion of the stock repurchase program
to provide for the repurchase of up to an additional $2.0 billion of our common stock over the next two years. During
the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, we repurchased $0.7 billion of our common stock. As of June 30, 2007,
we have repurchased approximately $2.3 billion of our common stock and we may repurchase up to an additional
$1.7 billion of our common stock through January 2009.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2007, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a
current or future material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital
expenditures or capital resources. All customer funds held by PayPal as an agent or custodian on behalf of our
customers are not reflected in our consolidated balance sheets. These funds include funds held on behalf of
U.S. customers that are deposited in bank accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and funds
that U.S. customers choose to invest in PayPal’s Money Market Fund totaling approximately $1.7 billion and
$1.5 billion as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
Indemnification Provisions
In the ordinary course of business, we have included limited indemnification provisions in certain of our
agreements with parties with whom we have commercial relations, including our standard marketing, promotions and
application-programming-interface license agreements. Under these contracts, we generally indemnify, hold
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harmless, and agree to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in
connection with claims by a third party with respect to domain names, trademarks, logos and other branding elements
to the extent that such marks are applicable to our performance under the subject agreement. In a limited number of
agreements, we have provided an indemnity for other types of third-party claims, substantially all of which are
indemnities related to copyrights, trademarks, and patents. In our PayPal business, we have provided an indemnity to
our payment processors in the event of certain third-party claims or card association fines against the processor
arising out of conduct by PayPal or PayPal’s customers. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential loss
under these indemnification provisions due to our limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts
and circumstances involved in each particular provision. To date, no significant costs have been incurred, either
individually or collectively, in connection with our indemnification provisions.
Liquidity and Capital Resource Requirements
We believe that existing cash, cash equivalents and investments of approximately $3.8 billion, together with
cash generated from operations and borrowings under our credit facility, will be sufficient to fund our operating
activities, capital expenditures, stock repurchases and other obligations for the foreseeable future.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current
practice resulting from the application of this statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to
measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. We will be required to adopt the
provisions on FAS 157 on January 1, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting the provisions of
FAS 157 but we do not believe that the adoption of FAS 157 will materially impact our financial position, cash
flows, or results of operations.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” which is effective for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007. This statement permits an entity to choose to measure many financial instruments and
certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. Subsequent unrealized gains and losses on items for which
the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of
this statement.
Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing
yields without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents
and short-term and long-term investments in a variety of securities, including government and corporate securities
and money market funds. These securities are generally classified as available for sale and consequently are recorded
on the balance sheet at fair value with unrealized gains or losses reported as a separate component of accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss), net of estimated tax.
Investments in both fixed-rate and floating-rate interest-earning instruments carry varying degrees of interest
rate risk. The fair market value of our fixed-rate securities may be adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates.
In general, securities with longer maturities are subject to greater interest-rate risk than those with shorter maturities.
While floating rate securities generally are subject to less interest-rate risk than fixed-rate securities, floating-rate
securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates decrease. Due in part to these factors, our
investment income may fall short of expectations or we may suffer losses in principal if securities are sold that have
declined in market value due to changes in interest rates. As of June 30, 2007, our fixed-income investments earned a
pretax yield of approximately 5.2%, with a weighted average maturity of one month. If interest rates were to
instantaneously increase (decrease) by 100 basis points, the fair market value of our total investment portfolio could
decrease (increase) by approximately $0.5 million.
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Equity Price Risk
We are exposed to equity price risk on the marketable portion of equity instruments and equity method
investments we hold, typically as the result of strategic investments in third parties that are subject to considerable
market risk due to their volatility. We typically do not attempt to reduce or eliminate our market exposure in these
equity investments. We did not record an impairment charge during either of the three and six months ended June 30,
2006 or 2007 relating to the other-than-temporary impairment in the fair value of equity investments. At June 30,
2007, the total carrying value of our equity instruments and equity method investments, included in long-term
investments, was $113.0 million.
Foreign Currency Risk
During the second quarter and the fist six months of 2007, our international net revenues, based upon the
country in which the seller, payment recipient, advertiser or other service provider is located, accounted for
approximately 51% of our net revenues, an increase from 49% and 47% of net revenues for the same periods of
2006. The growth in our international operations has increased our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations. Net
revenues and related expenses generated from international locations are denominated in the functional currencies of
the local countries, and primarily include Euros, British pounds, Korean won, Canadian dollars, Taiwanese dollars,
Australian dollars, Chinese renminbi, and Indian rupee. The results of operations and certain of our inter-company
balances associated with our international locations are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. The statements
of income of our international operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in each
applicable period. To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign
currency denominated transactions results in increased consolidated net revenues, operating expenses and net
income. We expect our international operations will continue to grow in significance as we develop and deploy our
global marketplaces and global payments platform. As a result, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations in future
periods could become more significant and may have a negative impact on our consolidated net revenues and net
income in the event the U.S. dollar strengthens relative to other currencies.
If the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign-currency-denominated
transactions will result in increased net revenues, operating expenses, and net income. Similarly, our net revenues,
operating expenses, and net income will decrease if the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies. The
change in weighted average foreign currency exchange rates in the second quarter of 2007 as compared to the same
period in the prior year resulted in higher net revenues of approximately $58.3 million and higher aggregate cost of
revenues and operating expenses of approximately $26.8 million. The change in weighted average foreign currency
exchange rates in the first six months of 2007 as compared to the same period in the prior year resulted in higher net
revenues of approximately $125.2 million and higher aggregate cost of revenues and operating expenses of
approximately $52.8 million. In addition, at June 30, 2007, we held balances in cash, cash equivalents and
investments outside the U.S. totaling approximately $3.1 billion.
Furthermore, our international operations are subject to risks typical of international operations, including, but
not limited to, differing economic conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures, other regulations
and restrictions, and foreign exchange rate volatility. Accordingly, our future results could be materially adversely
impacted by changes in these or other factors.
Transaction Exposure
As of June 30, 2007, we had outstanding foreign exchange hedge contracts with notional values equivalent to
approximately $131.8 million with maturity dates within 31 days. The hedge contracts are used to offset changes in
the functional currency value of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies as a result of currency
fluctuations. Transaction gains and losses on the contracts and the assets and liabilities are recognized each period in
our consolidated statement of income.
Translation Exposure
Foreign exchange rate fluctuations may adversely impact our financial position as the assets and liabilities of our
foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars in preparing our consolidated balance sheet. The effect of
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foreign exchange rate fluctuations on our consolidated financial position for the six months ended June 30, 2007, was
a net translation gain of approximately $163.2 million. This gain is recognized as an adjustment to stockholders’
equity through accumulated other comprehensive income. Additionally, foreign exchange rate fluctuations may
adversely impact our consolidated results of operations as exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in
currencies other than our functional currencies result in gains and losses that are reflected in our consolidated
statement of income.
We consolidate the earnings of our international subsidiaries by converting them into U.S. dollars in accordance
with SFAS No. 52 “Foreign Currency Translation” (“FAS 52”). Such earnings will fluctuate when there is a change
in foreign currency exchange rates. We enter into transactions to hedge portions of our foreign currency denominated
earnings translation exposure using foreign exchange contracts. All contracts that hedge translation exposure mature
ratably over the quarter in which they are executed. During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the realized gains
and losses related to these hedges were not significant.
Economic Exposure
We enter into various intercompany arrangements primarily denominated in Euros and British pounds. To
reduce foreign exchange risk related to these inter-company arrangements for fiscal 2007, we entered into foreign
exchange contracts during the three and six months ended June 30, 2007. The objective of the foreign exchange
contracts is to ensure that the U.S. dollar-equivalent cash flows are not adversely affected by changes in the
Euro/U.S. dollar and the British pound/U.S. dollar exchange rates. Pursuant to SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“FAS 133”), we expect the hedge of certain of these forecasted
transactions using the foreign exchange contracts to be highly effective in offsetting potential changes in cash flows
attributed to a change in the Euro/U.S. dollar and the British pound/U.S. dollar exchange rates. During the three and
six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2007, the realized gains and losses related to these hedges were not significant.
The notional amount of our hedges receiving cash flow hedge accounting treatment was $241.4 million and the net
loss related to these hedges recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 30, 2007 was not
significant.
Item 4: Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) required by Securities
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b), our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were
effective.
(b) Changes in internal controls. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1: Legal Proceedings
In April 2001, two of our European subsidiaries, eBay GmbH and eBay International AG, were sued by Montres
Rolex S.A. and certain of its affiliates in the regional court of Cologne, Germany. The suit subsequently was
transferred to the regional court in Düsseldorf, Germany. Rolex alleged that our subsidiaries were infringing Rolex’s
trademarks as a result of users selling counterfeit Rolex watches through our German website. The suit also alleged
unfair competition. Rolex sought an order enjoining the sale of Rolex-branded watches on the website as well as
damages. In December 2002, a trial was held in the matter, and the court ruled in favor of eBay on all causes of
action. Rolex appealed the ruling to the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, and the appeal was heard in October
2003. In February 2004, the court rejected Rolex’s appeal and ruled in our favor. Rolex appealed the ruling to the
German Federal Supreme Court, a hearing took place before that court in December 2006, and a written decision was
issued in June 2007. The court’s decision found that eBay must take reasonable measures to prevent
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recurrence once it is informed of clearly identified infringement, and that eBay may in certain circumstances be liable
upon first notice of infringement. The court referred the case back to the Higher Regional Court to determine
whether, in some circumstances, a low starting listing price was sufficient to indicate that a listing was infringing.
We expect that this ruling will likely result in increased litigation against us in Germany although we do not currently
believe that it will require a significant change in our business practices.
In August 2006, Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture filed two lawsuits in the Paris Court of
Commerce against eBay Inc. and eBay International AG. The complaint alleges that we violated French tort law by
negligently broadcasting listings posted by third parties offering counterfeit items bearing plaintiffs’ trademarks, and
by purchasing certain advertising keywords. The plaintiffs seek approximately EUR 35 million in damages. In or
about September 2006, Parfums Christian Dior, Kenzo Parfums, Parfums Givenchy, and Guerlain Société also filed a
lawsuit in the Paris Court of Commerce against eBay Inc. and eBay International AG. The complaint alleges that we
have interfered with the selective distribution network the plaintiffs set up in France and the European Union by
allowing third parties to post listings offering genuine perfumes and cosmetics for sale on our sites. The plaintiffs in
this suit seek approximately EUR 9 million in damages and injunctive relief. We filed our initial briefs responding to
the first complaint in February 2007, and initial briefs in response to the second complaint were filed in April 2007.
We believe that we have meritorious defenses to these suits and intend to defend ourselves vigorously. Other luxury
brand owners have also filed suit against us or have threatened to do so.
In September 2001, MercExchange LLC filed a complaint against us, our Half.com subsidiary and ReturnBuy,
Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (No. 2:01-CV-736) alleging infringement of three
patents (relating to online consignment auction technology, multiple database searching and electronic consignment
systems) and seeking a permanent injunction and damages (including treble damages for willful infringement).
Following a trial in 2003, the jury returned a verdict finding that we had willfully infringed the patents relating to
multiple database searching and electronic consignment systems, and the court entered judgment for MercExchange
in the amount of approximately $30 million, plus pre-judgment interest and post-judgment interest. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit later reduced the award to $25.5 million. In May 2006, following appeals to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court remanded the case
back to the district court for further action. In parallel with the federal court proceedings, at our request, the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agreed to reexamine each of the patents in suit, finding that substantial questions
existed regarding the validity of the claims contained in them. In separate actions in 2005, the Patent and Trademark
Office initially rejected all of the claims contained in the three patents in suit. In March 2006, the Patent and
Trademark Office reiterated its earlier ruling rejecting the claims contained in the patent that underlies the jury
verdict, which relates to electronic consignment systems. We have requested that the district court stay all
proceedings in the case pending the final outcome of the reexamination proceedings, and MercExchange has renewed
its request that the district court grant an injunction. A hearing on these motions was held in June 2007, and we are
now awaiting rulings from the court. Even if successful, our litigation of these matters will continue to be costly. As
a precautionary measure, we have modified certain functionality of our websites and business practices in a manner
which we believe avoids any infringement of the consignment patent. For this reason, we believe that any injunction
that might be issued by the district court will not have any impact on our business. We also believe we have
appropriate reserves for this litigation. Nonetheless, if the modifications to the functionality of our websites and
business practices are not sufficient to make them non-infringing, we would likely be forced to pay significant
additional damages and licensing fees and/or modify our business practices in an adverse manner.
In June 2006, Net2Phone, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
(No. 06-2469) alleging that eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., and Skype Inc. infringed five patents owned by
Net2Phone relating to point-to-point Internet protocol. The suit seeks an injunction against continuing infringement,
unspecified damages, including treble damages for willful infringement, and interest, costs, and fees. We have filed
an answer and counterclaims asserting that the patents are invalid, unenforceable, and were not infringed. The parties
are in the process of conducting discovery. A claim construction hearing has been scheduled for September 2007,
and we expect a trial date to be scheduled for 2008. We believe that we have meritorious defenses and intend to
defend ourselves vigorously.
In August 2006, Peer Communications Corporation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Texas (No. 6-06CV-370) alleging that eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., and Skype Inc. infringed two
patents owned by Peer Communications relating to uniform network access. The suit seeks an injunction against
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continuing infringement, unspecified damages, and interest, costs, and fees. The parties are in the process of
conducting discovery, and a trial date has been scheduled for October 2008. We believe that we have meritorious
defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In September 2006, Mangosoft Intellectual Property, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas (No. 2-06CV-390) alleging that eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., and Skype Software
S.a.r.l. infringed a patent owned by Mangosoft relating to dynamic directory services. The suit seeks an injunction
against continuing infringement, unspecified damages, and interest, costs, and fees. We have filed an answer and
counterclaims asserting that the patents are invalid, unenforceable, and not infringed. We received an initial
scheduling order from the court that sets some discovery deadlines, but not a trial date. We believe that we have
meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In February 2007, our StubHub subsidiary was sued in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of
California (No. CV-07-1328) in a purported class action lawsuit alleging that StubHub violated the Fair and Accurate
Credit Transaction Act by allegedly printing receipts containing more than the last five digits of a credit card number
or the expiration date. The complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages and attorneys fees. We believe that
we have meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In March 2007, a plaintiff filed a purported antitrust class action lawsuit against eBay in the Western District of
Texas alleging that eBay, through its wholly owned subsidiary PayPal, used illegal tie-in and steering practices to
improperly “monopolize” the forms of payment that sellers can use on eBay. The plaintiff alleges claims under
sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, as well as related state law claims. The complaint seeks treble damages and an
injunction. In April 2007, the plaintiff re-filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California (No. 07-CV-01882-RS), and dismissed the Texas action. In June 2007, we filed a motion to dismiss the
class action complaint. We believe that we have meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
In May 2007, Netcraft Corporation filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Wisconsin
(No. 07-C-0254C) alleging that eBay and PayPal infringed two of its patents entitled “Internet billing methods.” The
suit seeks an injunction against continuing infringement, unspecified damages, and interest, costs, and fees. The
parties are in the process of conducting discovery. The court has recently entered a scheduling order setting the claim
construction hearing for November 2007 and the trial for June 2008. We believe that we have meritorious defenses
and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
Other third parties have from time to time claimed, and others may claim in the future, that we have infringed
their intellectual property rights. We are subject to additional patent disputes, and expect that we will increasingly be
subject to patent infringement claims as our services expand in scope and complexity. In particular, we expect that
we may face additional patent infringement claims involving various aspects of our Marketplaces, Payments and
Communications businesses. We have in the past been forced to litigate such claims. We may also become more
vulnerable to third-party claims as laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act and the
Communications Decency Act are interpreted by the courts, and as we expand geographically into jurisdictions
where the underlying laws with respect to the potential liability of online intermediaries like ourselves are either
unclear or less favorable. We believe that additional lawsuits alleging that we have violated copyright or trademark
laws will be filed against us, especially in Europe. Intellectual property claims, whether meritorious or not, are time
consuming and costly to resolve, could require expensive changes in our methods of doing business, or could require
us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements.
From time to time, we are involved in other disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of
business. The number and significance of these disputes and inquiries are increasing as our business expands and our
company grows larger. Any claims or regulatory actions against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time
consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time, and result in the diversion of
significant operational resources.
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Item 1A: Risk Factors
Risk Factors That May Affect Results of Operations and Financial Condition
The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us. Other events that we do not
currently anticipate or that we currently deem immaterial also may affect our results of operations and financial
condition.
Our operating results may fluctuate.
Our operating results have varied on a quarterly basis during our operating history. Our operating results may
fluctuate significantly as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside our control. Factors that may
affect our operating results include the following:
• our ability to retain an active user base, attract new users, and encourage existing users to list items for sale,
purchase items through our websites, or use our payment service or communication software and products;
• the volume, size, timing, and completion rate of transactions using our websites or technology;
• our ability to grow activity and activation of the users of our traditional Marketplace businesses in our most
mature geographies, especially the U.S., Germany and the U.K.;
• the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to the maintenance and expansion
of our businesses, operations, and infrastructure;
• our ability to integrate, manage, and profitably expand and more effectively monetize the Skype business;
• our ability to successfully integrate and manage other recent and prospective acquisitions;
• regulatory and legal actions imposing obligations on our businesses or our users;
• the actions of our competitors, including the introduction of new sites, services, and products;
• consumer confidence in the safety and security of transactions using our websites or technology and our
ability to manage the costs of our user protection programs;
• the costs and results of litigation that involves us;
• the cost and availability of online and traditional advertising, and the success of our brand building and
marketing campaigns;
• new laws or regulations, or interpretations of existing laws or regulations, that impose liability on us for
actions of our users or otherwise harm our business models or restrict the Internet, electronic commerce,
online payments, or online communications;
• our ability to comply with the requirements of entities whose services are required for our operations, such as
credit card associations and banks;
• our ability to develop product enhancements, programs, and features at a reasonable cost in a timely manner;
• our ability to upgrade and develop our systems, infrastructure, and customer service capabilities to
accommodate growth and to improve our websites at a reasonable cost while maintaining 24/7 operations;
• technical difficulties or service interruptions involving our websites or services provided to us or our users by
third parties;
• our ability to increase the acceptance of PayPal by online merchants outside of the eBay Marketplaces, which
may require long implementation cycles and incentives to merchants that are initially dilutive;
• our ability to expand PayPal’s product offerings outside of the U.S. (including our ability to obtain any
necessary regulatory approvals);
• our ability to manage PayPal’s transaction loss rate and payment funding mix;
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• our ability to attract new personnel in a timely and effective manner and to retain key employees;
• the continued financial strength of our technology suppliers and other parties with whom we have commercial
relations;
• continued consumer acceptance of the Internet as a medium for commerce and communication in the face of
increasing publicity about fraud, spoofing, viruses, and other dangers of the Internet;
• general economic conditions and those economic conditions specific to the Internet and
e-commerce industries; and
• geopolitical events such as war, threat of war, or terrorist actions.
The increased variety of services offered on our websites makes it difficult for us to forecast the level or source
of our revenues or earnings accurately. In view of the rapidly evolving nature of our business and our limited
operating history, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful, and
you should not rely upon them as an indication of future performance. We do not have backlog, and substantially all
of our net revenues each quarter come from transactions involving sales or payments during that quarter. Due to the
inherent difficulty in forecasting revenues, it is also difficult to forecast income statement expenses as a percentage of
net revenues. Quarterly and annual income statement expenses as a percentage of net revenues may be significantly
different from historical or projected rates. Our operating results in one or more future quarters may fall below the
expectations of securities analysts and investors. In that event, the trading price of our common stock would almost
certainly decline.
We may not maintain our level of profitability or rates of growth.
We believe that our continued profitability and growth will depend in large part on our ability to do the
following:
• attract new users, keep existing users active and reactivate former users on our websites and services, and
increase the activity levels of our active users;
• react to changes in consumer use of the Internet and develop new services, as well as new sources of revenues
from our existing services;
• manage the costs of our business, including the costs associated with maintaining and enhancing our websites,
customer support, transaction loss rate, user protection programs, and international and product expansion;
• maintain sufficient transaction volume to attract buyers and sellers;
• cost effectively increase the awareness of our brands; and
• provide our customers with superior community, customer support, and trading, communication, and payment
experiences.
We invest heavily in marketing and promotion, customer support, and further development of the operating
infrastructure for our core and recently acquired operations. Some of this investment entails long-term contractual
commitments. As a result, we may be unable to adjust our spending rapidly enough to compensate for any
unexpected revenue shortfall, which may harm our profitability. In addition, we are spending in advance of
anticipated growth, which may also harm our profitability. Growth rates in our most established markets, such as
Germany and the U.S., have continued to decline over time. Despite our efforts to stem these declines, growth rates
may continue to decline as the existing base of users and transactions becomes larger. As our penetration in
established markets grows, we will increasingly need to rely on keeping existing users active and increasing their
activity level on our sites for growth in those markets. In addition, our Marketplaces business is facing increased
competitive pressure, particularly in Asia. Because a large percentage of PayPal transactions originate on the eBay
platform, declines in growth rates in major eBay Marketplace markets also adversely affect PayPal’s growth rate.
The growth in Skype’s user activity has slowed somewhat as Skype has increased its focus on monetization of users.
The expected future growth of our PayPal, Skype, StubHub, and Shopping.com businesses may also cause
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downward pressure on our profit margin because those businesses have lower gross margins than our eBay trading
platforms.
There are many risks associated with our international operations.
Our international expansion has been rapid and our international business, especially in Germany, the U.K., and
South Korea, has also become critical to our revenues and profits. Net revenues outside the United States accounted
for approximately 48% and 51%, respectively, of our net revenues in fiscal year 2006 and the first six months of
2007. Expansion into international markets requires management attention and resources and requires us to localize
our services to conform to local cultures, standards, and policies. The commercial, Internet, and transportation
infrastructure in lesser-developed countries may make it difficult for us to replicate our traditional Marketplace
business model. In many countries, we compete with local companies that understand the local market better than we
do, and we may not benefit from first-to-market advantages. We may not be successful in expanding into particular
international markets or in generating revenues from foreign operations. For example, in 2002 we withdrew our eBay
marketplace offering from the Japanese market, and in late 2006 we announced a change to our strategy in China by
entering into a joint venture with a local Chinese company. Even if we are successful in developing new markets, we
expect the costs of operating new sites to exceed our net revenues for at least 12 months in most countries.
As we continue to expand internationally, including through the expansion of PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com,
and Kijiji, we are subject to risks of doing business internationally, including the following:
• strong local competitors;
• regulatory requirements, including regulation of Internet services, communications, auctioneering,
professional selling, distance selling, data protection, banking, and money transmitting, that may limit or
prevent the offering of our services in some jurisdictions, prevent enforceable agreements between sellers and
buyers, prohibit the listing of certain categories of goods, require product changes, require special licensure,
subject us to special taxes, or limit the transfer of information between eBay and our affiliates;
• legal uncertainty regarding our liability for the listings and other content provided by our users, including
uncertainty as a result of legal systems that are less developed with respect to the Internet, unique local laws,
conflicting court decisions and lack of clear precedent or applicable law;
• difficulties in integrating with local payment providers, including banks, credit and debit card associations,
and electronic fund transfer systems or with the local telecommunications infrastructure;
• differing levels of retail distribution, shipping, communications, and Internet infrastructures;
• different employee/employer relationships and the existence of workers’ councils and labor unions;
• difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;
• challenges associated with joint venture relationships, including dependence on our joint venture partners;
• difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls;
• longer payment cycles, different accounting practices, and greater problems in collecting accounts receivable;
• potentially adverse tax consequences, including local taxation of our fees or of transactions on our websites;
• higher telecommunications and Internet service provider costs;
• different and more stringent user protection, data protection, privacy and other laws;
• cultural ambivalence towards, or non-acceptance of, online trading;
• seasonal reductions in business activity;
• expenses associated with localizing our products, including offering customers the ability to transact business
in the local currency;
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• laws and business practices that favor local competitors or prohibit foreign ownership of certain businesses;
• profit repatriation restrictions, foreign currency exchange restrictions, and exchange rate fluctuations;
• volatility in a specific country’s or region’s political, economic or military conditions; and
• differing intellectual property laws.
Some of these factors may cause our international costs of doing business to exceed our comparable domestic
costs. As we expand our international operations and have additional portions of our international revenues
denominated in foreign currencies, we also could become subject to increased difficulties in collecting accounts
receivable, repatriating money without adverse tax consequences, and risks relating to foreign currency exchange rate
fluctuations. The impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations is discussed in more detail under “We are exposed to
fluctuations in currency exchange rates,” below.
We are continuing to expand PayPal’s services internationally. We have limited experience with the payments
business outside of the U.S. In some countries, expansion of PayPal’s business may require a close commercial
relationship with one or more local banks, a shared ownership interest with a local entity or registration as a bank
under local law. We do not know if these or other factors may prevent, delay, or limit PayPal’s expansion or reduce
its profitability. Any limitation on our ability to expand PayPal internationally could harm our business.
We maintain a portion of Shopping.com’s research and development facilities and personnel in Israel, and as a
result, political, economic and military conditions in Israel affect those operations. During 2006, hostilities escalated
between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and between Israel and Hezbollah, based in Lebanon. The future of
peace efforts between Israel and its neighboring countries remains uncertain. Increased hostilities or terrorism within
Israel or armed hostilities between Israel and neighboring states could make it more difficult for us to continue our
operations in Israel, which could increase our costs. In addition, many of Shopping.com’s employees in Israel could
be required to serve in the military for extended periods of time under emergency circumstances. Shopping.com’s
Israeli operations could be disrupted by the absence of employees due to military service, which could adversely
affect its business.
We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
Because we conduct a significant and growing portion of our business outside the United States but report our
results in U.S. dollars, we face exposure to adverse movements in currency exchange rates. In connection with its
multi-currency service, PayPal fixes exchange rates twice per day, and may face financial exposure if it incorrectly
fixes the exchange rate or if exposure reports are delayed. PayPal also holds some corporate and customer funds in
non-U.S. currencies, and thus its financial results are affected by the translation of these non-U.S. currencies into
U.S. dollars. In addition, the results of operations of many of our internationally focused websites are exposed to
foreign exchange rate fluctuations as the financial results of the applicable subsidiaries are translated from the local
currency into U.S. dollars upon consolidation. If the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of
these foreign currency denominated transactions will result in increased net revenues, operating expenses, and net
income. Similarly, our net revenues, operating expenses, and net income will decrease if the U.S. dollar strengthens
against foreign currencies. Net revenues in the six month period ended June 30, 2007 were positively impacted by
foreign currency translation of $125.2 million, compared to the same period of the prior year. Operating income in
the six month period ended June 30, 2007 was positively impacted by foreign currency translation of $72.4 million,
compared to the same period of the prior year. As exchange rates vary, net sales and other operating results, when
translated, may differ materially from expectations. In particular, to the extent the U.S. dollar strengthens against the
Euro, British pound, and Australian dollar, our foreign revenues and profits will be reduced as a result of these
translation adjustments. In addition, to the extent the U.S. dollar strengthens against the Euro, the British pound, and
the Australian dollar, cross-border trade related to purchases of dollar-denominated goods by
non-U.S. purchasers may decrease, and that decrease may not be offset by a corresponding increase in cross-border
trade involving purchases by U.S. buyers of goods denominated in other currencies. While from time to time we
enter into transactions to hedge portions of our foreign currency translation exposure, it is impossible to perfectly
predict or completely eliminate the effects of this exposure.
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We are subject to patent litigation.
We have repeatedly been sued for allegedly infringing other parties’ patents. Some of these suits are ongoing,
and some of the ongoing suits are described under the heading “Item 1: Legal Proceedings,” above. We are a
defendant in other patent suits and we have been notified of several other potential patent disputes, and expect that
we will increasingly be subject to patent infringement claims as our services expand in scope and complexity. In
particular, we expect that we may face additional patent infringement claims involving various aspects of our
Marketplaces, Payments and Communications businesses. These claims, whether meritorious or not, are time
consuming and costly to resolve, and could require expensive changes in our methods of doing business, could
require us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements, or could require us to cease conducting certain
operations.
Government inquiries may lead to charges or penalties.
A large number of transactions occur on our websites. We believe that government regulators have received a
substantial number of consumer complaints about both eBay and PayPal, which, while small as a percentage of our
total transactions, are large in aggregate numbers. As a result, from time to time we have been contacted by various
foreign and domestic governmental regulatory agencies that have questions about our operations and the steps we
take to protect our users from fraud. PayPal has received inquiries regarding its restriction and disclosure practices
from the Federal Trade Commission and regarding these and other business practices from the attorneys general of a
number of states. In September 2006, PayPal entered into a settlement agreement with the attorneys general of a
number of states under which it agreed to pay $1.7 million to the attorneys general, shorten and streamline its user
agreement, increase educational messaging to users about funding choices, and communicate more information
regarding protection programs to users. Our businesses are likely to receive additional inquiries from regulatory
agencies in the future, which may lead to action against them. We have responded to all inquiries from regulatory
agencies by describing our current and planned antifraud efforts, customer support procedures, operating procedures
and disclosures. If one or more of these agencies is not satisfied with our response to current or future inquiries, we
could be subject to enforcement actions, fines or other penalties, or forced to change our operating practices in ways
that could harm our business.
We are subject to laws relating to the use and transfer of personally identifiable information about our users,
especially for financial information and for users located outside of the U.S. New laws in this area have been passed
by several jurisdictions, and other jurisdictions are considering imposing additional restrictions. Violation of these
laws, which in many cases apply not only to third-party transactions but also to transfers of information between
ourselves and our subsidiaries, and between ourselves, our subsidiaries, and other parties with which we have
commercial relations, could subject us to significant penalties and negative publicity and could adversely affect us.
The listing or sale by our users of pirated or counterfeit items may harm our business.
We have received in the past, and we anticipate receiving in the future, communications alleging that certain
items listed or sold through our service by our users infringe third-party copyrights, trademarks and trade names, or
other intellectual property rights. Although we have sought to work actively with the owners of intellectual property
rights to eliminate listings offering infringing items on our websites, some rights owners have expressed the view that
our efforts are insufficient. Content owners and other intellectual property rights owners have been active in asserting
their rights against online companies, including eBay. Allegations of infringement of intellectual property rights have
resulted in threats of litigation and actual litigation against us from time to time, including litigation brought by
Tiffany & Co. in the U.S., Rolex S.A. in Germany, Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture in France,
and a number of other owners of intellectual property rights. The plaintiffs in these cases seek to hold eBay liable for
counterfeit items listed on our sites by third parties, for the misuse of trademarks in listings or in connection with
paid search advertisements, or for alleged violations of selective distribution channel laws. Such plaintiffs seek,
among other things, injunctive relief and damages. Other luxury brand owners have also filed suit against us or have
threatened to do so. In addition to litigation from rights owners, we may be subject to criminal penalties if the
authorities feel we have aided in the sale of counterfeit goods. While we have had some early success in defending
against such litigation, more recent cases have been based, at least in part, on different legal theories than those of
earlier cases, and there is no guarantee that we will continue to be successful in defending against such
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litigation. For example, the German Federal Supreme Court recently ruled in the Rolex case that eBay may be liable
as a contributor for trademark infringement if it fails to take reasonable measures to prevent recurrence once it is
informed of clearly identified infringement. Plaintiffs in recent cases have argued that we are not entitled to safe
harbors under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the U.S. or as a hosting provider in the European Union
because of the active nature of our involvement with our sellers, and that, whether or not such safe harbors are
available, we should be found liable because we have not adequately removed counterfeit listings or effectively
suspended users who have created such listings. Litigation and negative publicity may increase as our sites gain
prominence in markets outside of the U.S., where the laws may be unsettled or less favorable to us. Such litigation is
costly for us, could result in damage awards, injunctive relief, or increased costs of doing business through adverse
judgment or settlement, could require us to change our business practices in expensive ways, or could otherwise
harm our business. Litigation against other online companies could result in interpretations of the law that could also
require us to change our business practices or otherwise increase our costs. In addition, a public perception that
counterfeit or pirated items are commonplace on our site could damage our reputation and our business.
We are subject to general litigation and regulatory disputes.
From time to time, we are involved in other disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of
business. The number and significance of these disputes and inquiries are increasing as our business expands and our
company grows larger. We have in the past been forced to litigate such claims. We may also become more
vulnerable to third-party claims as laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act and the
Communications Decency Act are interpreted by the courts and as we expand geographically into jurisdictions where
the underlying laws with respect to the potential liability of online intermediaries such as ourselves are either unclear
or less favorable. In Germany, the German Federal Supreme Court recently ruled that we had a duty to take
reasonable measures to keep prohibited DVDs from being sold on our site to minors and that competitors could
enforce this duty. Any claims or regulatory actions against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming,
result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time, and result in the diversion of significant
operational resources.
Acquisitions could result in operating difficulties, dilution, and other harmful consequences.
We have acquired a number of businesses in the past, including, most recently StubHub and StumbleUpon. We
expect to continue to evaluate and consider a wide array of potential strategic transactions, including business
combinations, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, technologies, services, products and other assets. At any
given time we may be engaged in discussions or negotiations with respect to one or more of these types of
transactions. Any of these transactions could be material to our financial condition and results of operations. The
process of integrating any acquired business may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures and is
itself risky. The areas where we may face difficulties include:
• diversion of management time, as well as a shift of focus from operating the businesses to issues related to
integration and administration, particularly given the large number and size and varying scope of our recent
acquisitions;
• declining employee morale and retention issues resulting from changes in, or acceleration of, compensation,
or changes in management, reporting relationships, future prospects, or the direction of the business;
• the need to integrate each company’s accounting, management, information, human resource and other
administrative systems to permit effective management, and the lack of control if such integration is delayed
or not implemented;
• the need to implement controls, procedures and policies appropriate for a larger public company at companies
that prior to acquisition had lacked such controls, procedures and policies;
• in the case of foreign acquisitions, the need to integrate operations across different cultures and languages and
to address the particular economic, currency, political, and regulatory risks associated with specific
countries; and
• in some cases, the need to transition operations, users, and customers onto our existing platforms.
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The complex earn-out structure associated with the Skype transaction also presents a number of special issues.
Skype equity holders were given the option of receiving their portion of acquisition consideration as a lump-sum up-
front payment or receiving a lower up-front payment in exchange for the possibility of receiving additional
consideration in the form of potential earn-out payments tied to the achievement of certain performance targets prior
to June 30, 2009. If these performance targets become unachievable or provide the wrong incentives or if there are
disagreements about the calculation of the performance targets or of the amounts due under the earn out, it could
result in diversion of management time, distraction of focus from operation of the Skype business, problems with
Skype’s employee morale and retention, and potential litigation.
Moreover, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of any or all of our acquisitions, or may not realize them
in the time frame expected. Future acquisitions or mergers may result in a need to issue additional equity securities,
spend our cash, or incur debt, liabilities, or amortization expenses related to intangible assets, any of which could
reduce our profitability and harm our business.
System failures could harm our business.
We have experienced system failures from time to time, and any interruption in the availability of our websites
will reduce our current revenues and profits, could harm our future revenues and profits, and could subject us to
regulatory scrutiny. eBay’s primary website has been interrupted for periods of up to 22 hours, and our PayPal site
has suffered intermittent unavailability for periods as long as five days. In the second quarter of 2007, PayPal
experienced an interruption during which many of PayPal’s services were unavailable for approximately four hours.
Any unscheduled interruption in our services results in an immediate, and possibly substantial, loss of revenues.
Frequent or persistent interruptions in our services could cause current or potential users to believe that our systems
are unreliable, leading them to switch to our competitors or to avoid our sites, and could permanently harm our
reputation and brands. Reliability is particularly critical for PayPal, especially as it seeks to expand its Merchant
Services business. Because PayPal is a regulated financial entity, frequent or persistent site interruptions could lead
to regulatory inquiries. These inquiries could result in fines, penalties, or mandatory changes to PayPal’s business
practices, and ultimately could cause PayPal to lose existing licenses it needs to operate or prevent it from obtaining
additional licenses that it needs to expand. Finally, because our customers may use our products for critical
transactions, any system failures could result in damage to our customers’ businesses. These customers could seek
significant compensation from us for their losses. Even if unsuccessful, this type of claim likely would be time
consuming and costly for us to address.
Although our systems have been designed around industry-standard architectures to reduce downtime in the
event of outages or catastrophic occurrences, they remain vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes,
floods, fires, power loss, telecommunication failures, terrorist attacks, computer viruses, computer denial-of-service
attacks, and similar events. Some of our systems, including our Shopping.com and Skype websites, are not fully
redundant, and our disaster recovery planning is not sufficient for all eventualities. Our systems are also subject to
break-ins, sabotage, and intentional acts of vandalism. Despite any precautions we may take, the occurrence of a
natural disaster, a decision by any of our third-party hosting providers to close a facility we use without adequate
notice for financial or other reasons, or other unanticipated problems at our hosting facilities could result in lengthy
interruptions in our services. We do not carry business interruption insurance sufficient to compensate us for losses
that may result from interruptions in our service as a result of system failures.
Our growth will depend on our ability to develop our brands, and these efforts may be costly.
Our historical growth has been largely attributable to word of mouth, and to frequent and high visibility national
and local media coverage. We believe that continuing to strengthen our brands will be critical to achieving
widespread acceptance of our services, and will require an increased focus on active marketing efforts across all of
our brands. The demand for and cost of online and traditional advertising have been increasing, and may continue to
increase. Accordingly, we will need to spend increasing amounts of money on, and devote greater resources to,
advertising, marketing, and other efforts to create and maintain brand loyalty among users. Since 2004, we have
significantly increased the number of brands we are supporting, adding Rent.com, Shopping.com, Kijiji, StubHub,
and Skype, among others. Each of these brands requires its own resources, increasing the costs of our branding
efforts. Brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenues, and even if they do, any increased revenues
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may not offset the expenses incurred in building our brands. If we do attract new users to our services, they may not
conduct transactions using our services on a regular basis. If we fail to promote and maintain our brands, or if we
incur substantial expenses in an unsuccessful attempt to promote and maintain our brands, our business would be
harmed.
Our business and users may be subject to sales tax and other taxes.
The application of indirect taxes (such as sales and use tax, value-added tax, or VAT, goods and services tax,
business tax, and gross receipt tax) to e-commerce businesses such as eBay and to our users is a complex and
evolving issue. Many of the fundamental statutes and regulations that impose these taxes were established before the
growth of the Internet and e-commerce. In many cases, it is not clear how existing statutes apply to the Internet or
electronic commerce or communications conducted over the Internet. In addition, some jurisdictions have
implemented or may implement laws specifically addressing the Internet or some aspect of electronic commerce or
communications on the Internet. Some taxing authorities have notified us that they believe we owe them certain
taxes. The application of existing, new, or future laws could have adverse effects on our business.
Several proposals have been made at the U.S. state and local level that would impose additional taxes on the sale
of goods and services through the Internet. These proposals, if adopted, could substantially impair the growth of
e-commerce, and could diminish our opportunity to derive financial benefit from our activities. The U.S. federal
government’s moratorium on states and other local authorities imposing access or discriminatory taxes on the
Internet is scheduled to expire in November 2007. This moratorium does not prohibit federal, state, or local
authorities from collecting taxes on our income or from collecting taxes that are due under existing tax rules.
In conjunction with the Streamlined Sales Tax Project — an ongoing, multi-year effort by U.S., state, and local
governments to require collection and remittance of distant sales tax by out-of-state sellers — bills have been
introduced in the U.S. Congress to overturn the Supreme Court’s Quill decision, which limits the ability of state
governments to require sellers outside of their own state to collect and remit sales taxes on goods purchased by in-
state residents. An overturning of the Quill decision would harm our users and our business.
We do not collect taxes on the goods or services sold by users of our services. One or more states or the federal
government or foreign countries may seek to impose a tax collection or reporting or record-keeping obligation on
companies such as eBay and PayPal that engage in or facilitate e-commerce. Such an obligation could be imposed by
legislation intended to improve tax compliance (and legislation to such effect is under discussion or pending in the
U.S. Congress, several states, and a number of foreign jurisdictions) or if eBay were ever deemed to be the legal
agent of eBay sellers by a jurisdiction in which eBay operates. Imposition of a record keeping or tax collecting
requirement would harm our business. Foreign authorities may also require eBay to help ensure compliance by our
users with local laws regulating professional sellers, including tax requirements. In addition, we have periodically
received requests from tax authorities in some foreign jurisdictions for information regarding the transactions of large
classes of sellers on our sites, and in some cases we may be legally obligated to provide this data. Requirements that
we disclose sellers’ transaction records to tax authorities, and any use of those records to investigate, collect taxes
from, or prosecute sellers, could decrease seller activity on our sites and harm our business.
In July 2003, in compliance with the changes brought about by the European Union, or EU, VAT directive on
“electronically supplied services,” eBay began collecting VAT on the fees charged to EU sellers on eBay sites
catering to EU residents. eBay also pays input VAT to suppliers within the various countries the company operates.
In most cases, eBay is entitled to reclaim input VAT from the various countries with regard to our own payments to
suppliers or vendors. However, because of our unique business model, the application of the laws and rules that
allow such reclamation is sometimes uncertain. A successful assertion by one or more countries that eBay is not
entitled to reclaim VAT would harm our business. Furthermore, the EU has begun to discuss potential changes to its
VAT regime, some of which would harm our business.
We continue to work with the relevant tax authorities and legislators to clarify eBay’s obligations under new and
emerging laws and regulations. Passage of new legislation and the imposition of additional tax or tax-related
reporting requirements could harm our users and our business. There have been, and will continue to be, substantial
ongoing costs associated with complying with the various indirect tax requirements in the numerous markets in
which eBay conducts or will conduct business.
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Failure to deal effectively with fraudulent transactions and customer disputes would increase our loss rate and
harm our business.
PayPal’s highly automated and liquid payment service makes PayPal an attractive target for fraud. In
configuring its service, PayPal faces an inherent trade-off between customer convenience and security. Identity
thieves and those committing fraud using stolen credit card or bank account numbers can potentially steal large
amounts of money from businesses such as PayPal. We believe that several of PayPal’s current and former
competitors in the electronic payments business have gone out of business or significantly restricted their businesses
largely due to losses from this type of fraud. While PayPal uses advanced anti-fraud technologies, we expect that
technically knowledgeable criminals will continue to attempt to circumvent PayPal’s anti-fraud systems. In addition,
PayPal’s service could be subject to employee fraud or other internal security breaches, and PayPal would be
required to reimburse customers for any funds stolen as a result of such breaches. Merchants could also request
reimbursement, or stop using PayPal, if they are affected by buyer fraud.
PayPal incurs substantial losses from merchant fraud, including claims from customers that merchants have not
performed or that their goods or services do not match the merchant’s description. PayPal also incurs losses from
claims that the customer did not authorize the purchase, from buyer fraud, from erroneous transmissions, and from
customers who have closed bank accounts or have insufficient funds in them to satisfy payments. In addition to the
direct costs of such losses, if they are related to credit card transactions and become excessive they could result in
PayPal losing the right to accept credit cards for payment. If PayPal were unable to accept credit cards, the velocity
of trade on eBay could decrease, in which case our business would further suffer. PayPal was assessed substantial
fines for excess charge-backs in 2001, and excessive charge-backs may arise in the future. PayPal has taken measures
to detect and reduce the risk of fraud, but these measures need to be continually improved and may not be effective
against new forms of fraud or in connection with new product offerings. If these measures do not succeed, our
business will suffer. PayPal’s fraud loss rate increased significantly in the second half of 2006.
Until January 2007, PayPal offered a buyer protection program that refunded to buyers up to $1,000 in certain
eBay transactions if they did not receive the goods they purchased or if the goods differed significantly from what
was described by the seller. In January 2007, this program was revised to refund buyers who use PayPal up to $200
in most eBay transactions, and up to $2,000 in certain eBay transactions with selected eBay sellers, if they do not
receive the goods they purchased or if the goods differ significantly from what was described by the seller. If PayPal
makes such a refund, it may seek to collect reimbursement from the seller, but may not be able to receive any funds
from the seller. The PayPal buyer protection program has increased PayPal’s loss rate and could cause future
fluctuations in PayPal’s loss rate. For the full year ended December 31, 2006 and first six months of 2007, PayPal’s
transaction loss (including both direct losses and buyer protection payouts) totaled $126.4 million and $69.8 million,
representing 0.33% and 0.30% of PayPal’s total payment volume, respectively.
eBay faces similar risks with respect to fraudulent activities on its websites. eBay periodically receives
complaints from users who may not have received the goods that they had purchased. In some cases individuals have
been arrested and convicted for fraudulent activities using our websites. eBay also receives complaints from sellers
who have not received payment for the goods that a buyer had contracted to purchase. Non-payment may occur
because of miscommunication, because a buyer has changed his or her mind and decided not to honor the contract to
purchase the item, or because the buyer bid on the item maliciously, in order to harm either the seller or eBay. In
some European jurisdictions, buyers may also have the right to withdraw from a sale made by a professional seller
within a specified time period.
While eBay can suspend the accounts of users who fail to fulfill their payment or delivery obligations to other
users, eBay does not have the ability to require users to make payment or deliver goods, or otherwise make users
whole other than through our limited buyer protection programs. Other than through these programs, eBay does not
compensate users who believe they have been defrauded by other users, although users who pay through PayPal may
have reimbursement rights from their credit card company or bank, which in turn will seek reimbursement from
PayPal. eBay also periodically receives complaints from buyers as to the quality of the goods purchased. We expect
to continue to receive communications from users requesting reimbursement or threatening or commencing legal
action against us if no reimbursement is made. Our liability for these sort of claims is only beginning to be clarified
and may be higher in some non-U.S. jurisdictions than it is in the U.S. Litigation involving liability for
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third-party actions could be costly for us, divert management attention, result in increased costs of doing business,
lead to adverse judgments, or otherwise harm our business. In addition, affected users will likely complain to
regulatory agencies that could take action against us, including imposing fines or seeking injunctions.
Negative publicity and user sentiment generated as a result of fraudulent or deceptive conduct by users of our
eBay and PayPal services could damage our reputation, reduce our ability to attract new users or retain our current
users, and diminish the value of our brand names. We believe that negative user experiences are one of the primary
reasons users stop using our services.
The current regulatory environment for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is uncertain, and Skype’s business
could be harmed by new regulations or the application of existing regulations to its products.
The current regulatory environment for VoIP is uncertain and rapidly changing. Skype’s voice communications
products are currently subject to very few, if any, of the same regulations that apply to traditional telephony and
VoIP-based telephone replacement services. VoIP companies are generally subject to different regulatory regimes in
different countries, and in most cases are subject to lower, or no, regulatory fees and lesser, or no, specific regulatory
requirements. Governments may impose new or increased fees, taxes, and administrative burdens on VoIP
companies, or Skype may change its product offerings in a manner that makes it become subject to
telecommunications regulations. Increased fees could include access and other charges payable to local exchange
carriers to carry and terminate traffic, contributions to federal or state Universal Service Funds in the United States
and elsewhere, and other charges. New laws and regulations may require Skype to meet various emergency service
requirements, disability access requirements, user protection requirements, number assignment and portability
requirements, and interception or wiretapping requirements, such as the Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act in the U.S. and similar laws in other jurisdictions. Such regulations could result in substantial costs
depending on the technical changes required to accommodate the requirements, and any increased costs could erode
Skype’s pricing advantage over competing forms of communication. Regulations that decrease the degree of privacy
for users of Skype’s products could also slow its adoption. The increasing growth and popularity of the VoIP
telephony and Internet communications market heighten the risk that governments will seek to regulate VoIP and
Internet communications, and Skype has received an increasing number of inquiries from regulators about its
products and services. Competitors, including the incumbent telephone companies, may devote substantial lobbying
efforts to seek greater protection for their existing businesses and increased regulation of VoIP. In the United States,
various state legislatures and regulatory agencies are beginning to impose their own requirements and taxes on VoIP.
Increased regulatory requirements on VoIP would increase Skype’s costs, and, as a result, our business would suffer.
Regulatory agencies may require Skype to conform to rules that are difficult or impossible for it to comply with
due to the nature of its communications technologies, which could adversely affect its business. For example, while
suitable alternatives may be developed in the future, Skype is currently unable to identify the exact geographic origin
of the traffic traversing the Internet or to provide detailed calling information about computer-to-computer
communications, either of which may make complying with future regulatory requirements, such as emergency
service requirements, difficult or impossible.
In many countries in which Skype products are available, the laws that may relate to its offerings are unclear.
We cannot be certain that Skype or its customers are currently in full compliance with regulatory or other legal
requirements in all countries in which Skype is used. Skype’s failure or the failure of those with whom Skype
transacts business to comply with these requirements could materially adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
New rules and regulations with respect to VoIP are being considered in various countries around the world, and
at least some of these rules and regulations are likely to be adopted and to be applicable to Skype. Such new rules
and regulations are likely to increase our costs of doing business and could prevent us from delivering our products
and offerings over the Internet, which could adversely affect Skype’s customer base, and thus its revenue.
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Skype depends on key technology that is licensed from third parties.
Skype licenses technology underlying certain key components of its software from third parties it does not
control, including the technology underlying its peer-to-peer architecture and firewall traversal technology, and the
audio and video compression/decompression used to provide high sound and video quality. Although Skype has
contracts in place with its third party technology providers, there can be no assurance that the licensed technology or
other technology that we may seek to license in the future will continue to be available on commercially reasonable
terms, or at all. The loss of, or inability to maintain, existing licenses could result in a decrease in service quality until
equivalent technology or suitable alternatives can be developed, identified, licensed and integrated. While we believe
Skype has the ability to either extend these licenses on commercially reasonable terms or identify and obtain or
develop suitable alternative products, the costs associated with licensing or developing such products could be high.
Any failure to maintain these licenses on commercially reasonable terms or license or develop alternative
technologies would harm Skype’s business.
Our businesses depend on continued and unimpeded access to the Internet. Internet service providers may be
able to block, degrade, or charge us for our users’ additional fees for our offerings.
Our customers rely on access to the Internet to use our products and services. In many cases that access is
provided by companies that compete with at least some of our offerings, including incumbent telephone companies,
cable companies, mobile communications companies, and large Internet service providers. Some of these providers
have stated that they may take measures that could degrade, disrupt, or increase the cost of customers’ use of our
offerings by restricting or prohibiting the use of their lines for our offerings, by filtering, blocking, delaying, or
degrading the packets containing the data associated with our products, or by charging increased fees to us or our
users for use of their lines to provide our offerings. Some of these providers have contractually restricted their
customers’ access to Skype’s offerings through their terms of service with their customers. These activities are
technically feasible and may be permitted by applicable law. In addition, Internet service providers could attempt to
charge us each time our customers use our offerings. Worldwide, a number of companies have announced plans to
take such actions or are selling products designed to facilitate such actions. Interference with our offerings or higher
charges for access to our offerings, whether paid by us or by our customers, could cause us to lose existing
customers, impair our ability to attract new customers, and harm our revenue and growth.
Changes to credit card association or bank fees, rules, or practices could harm PayPal’s business.
PayPal does not belong to or directly access credit card associations, such as Visa and MasterCard. As a result,
PayPal must rely on banks or other payment processors to process transactions, and must pay a fee for this service.
From time to time, credit card associations may increase the interchange fees that they charge for each transaction
using one of their cards. PayPal’s credit card processors have the right to pass any increases in interchange fees on to
PayPal as well as increase their own fees for processing. These increased fees increase PayPal’s operating costs and
reduce its profit margins. PayPal is also required by its processors to comply with credit card association operating
rules, and PayPal has agreed to reimburse its processors for any fines they are assessed by credit card associations as
a result of any rule violations by PayPal or PayPal’s customers. The credit card associations set and interpret the
credit card rules. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover could adopt new operating rules or re-interpret
existing rules that PayPal or its processors might find difficult or even impossible to follow. As a result, PayPal could
lose its ability to give customers the option of using credit cards to fund their payments. If PayPal were unable to
accept credit cards, its business would be seriously damaged. In addition, the velocity of trade on eBay could
decrease and our business would further suffer.
PayPal is required to comply with credit card associations’ special operating rules for Internet payment services.
PayPal and its credit card processors have implemented specific business processes for merchant customers in order
to comply with these rules, but any failure to comply could result in fines, the amount of which would be within
Visa’s and MasterCard’s discretion. PayPal also could be subject to fines from MasterCard and Visa if it fails to
detect that merchants are engaging in activities that are illegal or that are considered “high risk,” primarily the sale of
certain types of digital content. For “high risk” merchants, PayPal must either prevent such merchants from using
PayPal or register such merchants with MasterCard and Visa and conduct additional monitoring with respect to such
merchants. PayPal has incurred fines from its credit card processor relating to
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PayPal’s failure to detect the use of its service by “high risk” merchants. The amount of these fines has not been
material, but any additional fines in the future would likely be for larger amounts, could become material, and could
result in a termination of PayPal’s ability to accept credit cards or changes in PayPal’s process for registering new
customers, which would seriously damage PayPal’s business.
Changes in PayPal’s funding mix could adversely affect PayPal’s results.
PayPal pays significant transaction fees when senders fund payment transactions using credit cards, nominal
fees when customers fund payment transactions by electronic transfer of funds from bank accounts, and no fees when
customers fund payment transactions from an existing PayPal account balance. Senders fund a significant portion of
PayPal’s payment volume using credit cards, and PayPal’s financial success will remain highly sensitive to changes
in the rate at which its senders fund payments using credit cards. Senders may prefer funding using credit cards rather
than bank account transfers for a number of reasons, including the ability to dispute and reverse charges directly with
their credit card provider if merchandise is not delivered or is not as described, the ability to earn frequent flier miles
or other incentives offered by credit card issuers, the ability to defer payment, or a reluctance to provide bank
account information to PayPal. In addition, some of PayPal’s newer offerings, including the ability to make a limited
number of payments without opening an account, have a higher rate of credit card funding than PayPal’s basic
product offering. In September 2006, PayPal entered into a settlement agreement with the attorneys general of a
number of states under which it agreed to pay $1.7 million to the attorneys general, shorten and streamline its user
agreement, and communicate more information regarding protection programs to users. Also in September 2006,
PayPal announced that it had reached a preliminary settlement agreement under which it agreed to pay approximately
$3.5 million into a settlement fund for the benefit of a class represented by plaintiffs in a suit that alleged, among
other things, that PayPal’s disclosure regarding the effects of users’ choice of funding mechanism was deceptive.
Although PayPal did not admit any liability for any of the allegations in the two cases, the required changes to our
disclosure practices under the settlement agreements could result in increased use of credit card funding, which
would harm PayPal’s business.
If PayPal was found to be subject to or in violation of any U.S. laws or regulations governing banking, money
transmission, or electronic funds transfers, it could be subject to liability and forced to change its business
practices.
A number of U.S. states have enacted legislation regulating money transmitters. To date, PayPal has obtained
licenses in 37 of these jurisdictions and interpretations in nine states that licensing is not required under their existing
statutes. PayPal is applying for licenses in seven additional states (including some states that previously provided
favorable interpretations). As a licensed money transmitter, PayPal is subject to bonding requirements, restrictions on
its investment of customer funds, reporting requirements, and inspection by state regulatory agencies. In July 2005,
PayPal entered into a settlement agreement and agreed to pay $225,000 to the California Department of Financial
Institutions in connection with alleged violations of the California Financial Code relating to the use of a receipt form
for international payments that had not been pre-approved by the Department, and incomplete reporting to the
Department. If PayPal was found to be in violation of other money services laws or regulations, PayPal could be
subject to liability, forced to cease doing business with residents of certain states, or forced to change its business
practices. Any change to PayPal’s business practices that makes the service less attractive to customers or prohibits
its use by residents of a particular jurisdiction could decrease the velocity of trade on eBay, which would further
harm our business. Even if PayPal is not forced to change its business practices, it could be required to obtain
additional licenses or regulatory approvals that could impose a substantial cost on PayPal.
We believe that the licensing or approval requirements of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
the Federal Reserve Board, and other federal or state agencies that regulate banks, bank holding companies, or other
types of providers of e-commerce services do not apply to PayPal, except for the money transmitter licenses
mentioned above. However, one or more states could conclude that PayPal is engaged in an unauthorized banking
business. If PayPal is found to be engaged in an unauthorized banking business in one or more states, it might be
subject to monetary penalties and adverse publicity and might be required to cease doing business with residents of
those states or could be subject to fines and penalties. The need to comply with state laws prohibiting unauthorized
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banking activities could also limit PayPal’s ability to enhance its services in the future. Any change to PayPal’s
business practices that makes the service less attractive to customers or prohibits its use by residents of a particular
jurisdiction could decrease the velocity of trade on eBay, which would further harm our business.
Although there have been no definitive interpretations to date, PayPal has assumed that its service is subject to
the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E of the Federal Reserve Board. As a result, among other things,
PayPal must provide advance disclosure of changes to its service, follow specified error resolution procedures and
reimburse consumers for losses above $50 from transactions not authorized by the consumer. PayPal currently
voluntarily reimburses consumers for all financial losses from transactions not authorized by the consumer, not just
losses above $50. PayPal seeks to pass most of these losses on to the relevant merchants, but PayPal incurs losses if
the merchant does not have sufficient funds in their PayPal account. In addition, PayPal is subject to the financial
privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, state financial privacy laws, and related regulations. As a result,
some customer financial information that PayPal receives is subject to limitations on reuse and disclosure. Existing
and potential future privacy laws may limit PayPal’s ability to develop new products and services that make use of
data gathered through its service. The provisions of these laws and related regulations are complicated. Even
technical violations of these laws can result in penalties of up to $1,000 for each non-compliant transaction. PayPal
processed an average of approximately 1.9 million transactions per day during the quarter ended June 30, 2007, and
any violations could expose PayPal to significant liability. Any negative change in the public’s perception of
PayPal’s compliance with privacy laws and policies could also negatively impact PayPal’s business.
PayPal’s status under banking or financial services laws or other laws in markets outside the U.S. is unclear.
PayPal currently allows its customers with credit cards to send payments from 190 markets, and to receive
payments in 49 of those markets (including the U.S.). In 35 of these 49 markets, customers can withdraw funds
electronically to local bank accounts, and in nine of these markets, customers can withdraw funds by receiving a
bank draft in the mail. In the remaining five markets, customers can only withdraw funds if they have a U.S. bank
account; otherwise, the only way they can use funds they receive is to send the funds to other PayPal accounts, for
example, by purchasing products from other PayPal members. These limitations affect PayPal’s ability to grow in
these markets.
PayPal offers customers the ability to send or receive payments denominated in 17 currencies. Of the
190 markets whose residents can use the PayPal service (27 countries plus four French overseas departments) are
members of the European Union. As of July 2007, PayPal provides localized versions of its service to customers in
the EU through PayPal (Europe) S.A.R.L. et Cie, SCA., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PayPal that is licensed as a
bank in Luxembourg. Previously, PayPal delivered services in the EU through a subsidiary in the United Kingdom
licensed to operate as an Electronic Money Institution. PayPal (Europe) implements its localized services in
EU countries through an expedited “passport” notification process through the Luxembourg regulator to regulators in
other EU member states, pursuant to EU Directives. PayPal (Europe) has completed the “passport” notice process in
all EU member countries. The regulators in these countries could notify PayPal (Europe) of local consumer
protection laws that will apply to its business, in addition to Luxembourg consumer protection law. The regulators in
these countries could also seek to persuade the Luxembourg regulator to order PayPal (Europe) to conduct its
activities in the local country through a branch office. Any such responses from these regulators could increase the
cost of, or delay, PayPal’s plans for expanding its business. PayPal (Europe) is subject to significant fines or other
enforcement action if it violates the disclosure, reporting, anti-money laundering, capitalization, funds management,
corporate governance or other requirements imposed on Luxembourg banks. PayPal does not have experience in
operating as a bank.
In markets other than the U.S., EU, Australia and China, PayPal serves its customers through PayPal Private
Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PayPal that is based in Singapore. In many of these markets, it is not clear
whether PayPal’s Singapore-based service is subject to local law or, if it is subject to local law, whether such local
law requires a payment processor like PayPal to be licensed as a bank or financial institution or otherwise. Even if
PayPal is not currently required to obtain a license in those countries, other laws of those countries (such as data
protection and anti-money laundering laws) may apply, and future localization or targeted marketing of PayPal’s
service in those countries could require licensure. If PayPal was found to be subject to and in violation of any foreign
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laws or regulations, it could be subject to liability, forced to change its business practices and forced to suspend
providing services to customers in one or more countries. Alternatively, PayPal could be required to obtain licenses
or regulatory approvals that could impose a substantial cost on it and involve considerable delay to the provision or
development of its product. Delay or failure to receive such a license would require PayPal to change its business
practices or features in ways that would adversely affect PayPal’s international expansion plans and could require
PayPal to suspend providing services to customers in one or more countries.
In addition, if PayPal were to seek to expand the financial products that it offers outside of the U.S., either alone,
through a commercial alliance, or through an acquisition, PayPal could become subject to additional licensure
requirements or increased regulatory scrutiny, which could impose substantial costs and delay the introduction of any
new products.
PayPal’s failure to manage customer funds properly would harm its business.
PayPal’s ability to manage and account accurately for customer funds requires a high level of internal controls.
In some of the markets that PayPal serves and currencies that PayPal offers, PayPal has a limited operating history
and limited management experience in managing these internal controls. As PayPal’s business continues to grow, it
must strengthen its internal controls accordingly. PayPal’s success requires significant public confidence in its ability
to handle large and growing transaction volumes and amounts of customer funds. Any failure to maintain necessary
controls or to manage accurately customer funds could diminish customer use of PayPal’s product severely.
New and existing regulations could harm our business.
We are subject to the same foreign and domestic laws as other companies conducting business on and off the
Internet. Today, there are still relatively few laws specifically directed towards online services. However, due to the
increasing popularity and use of the Internet and online services, many laws relating to the Internet are being debated
at all levels of government around the world. Adopted and proposed laws and regulations cover issues such as user
privacy, freedom of expression, pricing, fraud, content and quality of products and services, taxation, tax-related
reporting of business activity, advertising, intellectual property rights, and information security. It is not clear how
existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, copyrights and other intellectual property issues, taxation,
libel and defamation, obscenity, and personal privacy apply to online businesses. The majority of these laws were
adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and related technologies and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the
unique issues of the Internet and related technologies. Those laws that do reference the Internet, such as the
U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union’s Directive on Distance Selling and Electronic
Commerce, have begun to be interpreted by the courts and implemented by the EU Member States, but their
applicability and scope remain somewhat uncertain. As our activities and the types of goods listed on our websites
expand, including through acquisitions such as our recent acquisition of StubHub, an online ticket marketplace,
regulatory agencies or courts may claim or hold that we or our users are either subject to licensure or prohibited from
conducting our business in their jurisdiction, either with respect to our services in general, or in order to allow the
sale of certain items, such as real estate, event tickets, cultural goods, boats, and automobiles.
Numerous states and foreign jurisdictions, including the State of California, where our headquarters are located,
have regulations regarding “auctions” and the handling of property by “secondhand dealers” or “pawnbrokers.”
Several states and some foreign jurisdictions have attempted, and may attempt in the future, to impose such
regulations upon us or our users. Attempted enforcement of these laws against some of our users appears to be
increasing and such attempted enforcements could harm our business. In 2002, Illinois amended its auction law to
provide for a special regulatory regime for “Internet auction listing services,” and we have registered as an Internet
auction listing service in Illinois. Although this registration has not had a negative impact on our business to date,
other regulatory and licensure claims could result in costly litigation or could require us to change the way we or our
users do business in ways that increase costs or reduce revenues or force us to prohibit listings of certain items for
some locations. We could also be subject to fines or other penalties, and any of these outcomes could harm our
business.
In addition, because our services are accessible worldwide, and we facilitate sales of goods to users worldwide,
foreign jurisdictions may claim that we are required to comply with their laws. For example, the Australian high
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court has ruled that a U.S. website in certain circumstances must comply with Australian laws regarding libel. A
number of the lawsuits against us relating to trademark issues seek to have our websites subject to unfavorable local
laws. As we expand and localize our international activities, we become obligated to comply with the laws of the
countries in which we operate. Laws regulating Internet companies outside of the U.S. may be less favorable than
those in the U.S., giving greater rights to consumers, content owners, and users. Compliance may be more costly or
may require us to change our business practices or restrict our service offerings relative to those in the U.S. In
addition, we may be subject to overlapping legal or regulatory regimes that impose conflicting requirements on us.
Our failure to comply with foreign laws could subject us to penalties ranging from criminal prosecution to bans on
our services.
Our tickets business is subject to regulatory, competitive, and other risks that could harm this business.
Our tickets business, which includes our recently-acquired StubHub business, is subject to numerous risks.
Many jurisdictions have laws and regulations covering the resale of event tickets, and some jurisdictions prohibit the
resale of event tickets at prices above the face value of the tickets. In addition, new laws and regulations may be
passed that would limit our or our users’ ability to continue this business. Regulatory agencies or courts may claim or
hold that we are responsible for ensuring that our users comply with these laws and regulations or that we or our
users are either subject to licensure or prohibited from reselling event tickets in their jurisdictions.
Some event organizers and professional sports teams have expressed concern about the resale of their event
tickets on our sites, and in November 2006 the New England Patriots filed suit against StubHub alleging that
StubHub’s resale activities violate Massachusetts’ ticket resale laws and constitute intentional interference with the
team’s relationship with its season ticket holders. In April 2007, Ticketmaster filed suit against eBay d/b/a StubHub
alleging that StubHub had improperly interfered with Ticketmaster’s contracts with its clients by wrongfully
obtaining tickets for sale in violation of Ticketmaster’s exclusive contractual rights to sell such tickets. Such
litigation could result in damage awards, could require us to change our business practices in harmful ways, or could
otherwise negatively affect our tickets business. Our tickets business is also subject to seasonal fluctuations and the
general economic and business conditions that impact the sporting events and live entertainment industries. Our
tickets business also faces significant competition from a number of sources, including ticketing service companies
(such as TicketMaster and Tickets.com), event organizers (such as professional sports teams and leagues), ticket
brokers, and other online and offline ticket resellers (such as TicketsNow and RazorGator). If we are unable to
effectively compete with these competitors, our tickets business could be harmed.
Our business is subject to online security risks, including security breaches and identity theft.
To succeed, online commerce and communications must provide a secure transmission of confidential
information over public networks. Our security measures may not detect or prevent security breaches that could harm
our business. Currently, a significant number of our users authorize us to bill their credit card accounts directly for all
transaction fees charged by us. PayPal’s users routinely provide credit card and other financial information. We rely
on encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties to provide the security and authentication to
effect secure transmission of confidential information, including customer credit card numbers. Advances in
computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other developments may result in a
compromise or breach of the technology used by us to protect transaction data. In addition, any party who is able to
illicitly obtain a user’s password could access the user’s transaction data. An increasing number of websites have
reported breaches of their security. Any compromise of our security could harm our reputation and, therefore, our
business. In addition, a party that is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary
information, cause interruption in our operations, damage our computers or those of our users, or otherwise damage
our reputation and business. Under credit card rules and our contract with our card processors, if there is a breach of
credit card information that we store, or that is stored by PayPal’s direct credit card processing customers, we could
be liable to the credit card issuing banks for their cost of issuing new cards and related expenses. In addition, if we
fail to follow credit card industry security standards, even if there is no compromise of customer information, we
could incur significant fines or lose our ability to give customers the option of using credit cards to fund their
payments or pay their fees. If we were unable to accept credit cards, our business would be seriously damaged.
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Our servers are also vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins, and similar disruptions,
and we have experienced “denial-of-service” type attacks on our system that have made all or portions of our
websites unavailable for periods of time. We may need to expend significant resources to protect against security
breaches or to address problems caused by breaches. These issues are likely to become more difficult as we expand
the number of places where we operate. Security breaches could damage our reputation and expose us to a risk of
loss or litigation and possible liability. Our insurance policies carry low coverage limits, which may not be adequate
to reimburse us for losses caused by security breaches.
Our users, as well as those of other prominent Internet companies, have been and will continue to be targeted by
parties using fraudulent “spoof” emails to misappropriate passwords, credit card numbers, or other personal
information or to introduce viruses through “trojan horse” programs to our users’ computers. These emails appear to
be legitimate emails sent by eBay, PayPal, Skype, or a user of one of those businesses, but direct recipients to fake
websites operated by the sender of the email or request that the recipient send a password or other confidential
information via email or download a program. Despite our efforts to mitigate “spoof” e-mails through product
improvements and user education, “spoof” remains a serious problem that may damage our brand, discourage use of
our websites, and increase our costs.
Some businesses and security consultants have expressed concern over the potential for Skype’s software to
create security vulnerabilities on its users’ computers. While we believe Skype’s software is safe and does not pose a
security risk to its users, the perception that Skype’s software is unsafe could hamper its adoption, and any actual
security breach could damage Skype’s reputation and expose us to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability.
Our failure to manage growth could harm our business.
We are currently expanding our headcount, facilities, and infrastructure in the U.S. and internationally. We
anticipate that further expansion will be required as we continue to expand into new lines of business and geographic
areas. This expansion has placed, and we expect it will continue to place, a significant strain on our management,
operational, and financial resources. The areas that are put under strain by our growth include the following:
• Website Stability. We must constantly add new hardware, update software and add new engineering
personnel to accommodate the increased use of our and our subsidiaries’ websites and the new products and
features we regularly introduce. This upgrade process is expensive, and the increased complexity of our
websites and the need to support multiple platforms as our portfolio of brands grows increases the cost of
additional enhancements. Failure to upgrade our technology, features, transaction processing systems, security
infrastructure, or network infrastructure to accommodate increased traffic or transaction volume could harm
our business. Adverse consequences could include unanticipated system disruptions, slower response times,
degradation in levels of customer support, impaired quality of users’ experiences of our services, impaired
quality of services for third-party application developers using our externally accessible Application
Programming Interface, or API, and delays in reporting accurate financial information. We may be unable to
effectively upgrade and expand our systems in a timely manner or smoothly integrate any newly developed or
purchased technologies or businesses with our existing systems, and any failure to do so could result in
problems on our sites. For example, in October 2004, we experienced unscheduled downtime on the PayPal
website over a period of five days related to system upgrades, and in the second quarter of 2007, PayPal
experienced an interruption during which many of PayPal’s services were unavailable for approximately four
hours. Despite our efforts to increase site scalability and reliability, our infrastructure could prove unable to
handle a larger volume of customer transactions. Some of our more recently acquired businesses may be
particularly subject to this risk given their shorter histories and, in some cases, higher growth rates. Any
failure to accommodate transaction growth could impair customer satisfaction, lead to a loss of customers,
impair our ability to add customers, or increase our costs, all of which would harm our business. Further, steps
to increase the reliability and redundancy of our systems are expensive, reduce our margins, and may not be
successful in reducing the frequency or duration of unscheduled downtime.
• Website Usability. User activity rates on our websites depend in part on the quality of our users’ experiences
on those sites. The rapid growth in the number and complexity of products and features on
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our sites has occasionally caused users to become confused or overwhelmed or has otherwise impaired users’
experiences on those sites. We are in the process of making numerous changes in an attempt to improve the
user experience on our eBay websites. These attempts at improvement of the user experience could fail, or
could decrease activity among users who had grown used to or preferred the existing experience on our sites.
Any impairment of customer satisfaction as a result of site usability issues could lead to a loss of customers or
impair our ability to add customers, either of which would harm our business.
• Customer Account Billing. Our revenues depend on prompt and accurate billing processes. Problems with
our conversion to a new billing system during the second and third quarters of 2004 caused incorrect account
balance totals to be displayed for some users. While these problems have been corrected and we believe that
no users were overcharged, our failure to grow our transaction-processing capabilities to accommodate the
increasing number of transactions that must be billed on any of our websites would harm our business and our
ability to collect revenue.
• Customer Support. We are expanding our customer support operations to accommodate the increased
number of users and transactions on our websites and the increased level of user protection activity we
provide worldwide. If we are unable to provide these operations in a cost-effective manner, users of our
websites may have negative experiences, current and future revenues could suffer, and our operating margins
may decrease.
We must continue to hire, train, and manage new employees at a rapid rate. If our new hires perform poorly, if
we are unsuccessful in hiring, training, managing, and integrating these new employees, or if we are not successful in
retaining our existing employees, our business may be harmed. To manage the expected growth of our operations and
personnel, we will need to improve our transaction processing, operational and financial systems, procedures, and
controls. This is a special challenge as we acquire new operations with different systems. Our current and planned
personnel, systems, procedures, and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations. The additional
headcount and capital investments we are adding increase our cost base, which will make it more difficult for us to
offset any future revenue shortfalls by expense reductions in the short term.
Use of our services for illegal purposes could harm our business.
The law relating to the liability of providers of online services for the activities of their users on their service is
currently unsettled in the United States and internationally. We are aware that certain goods, such as weapons, adult
material, tobacco products, alcohol, and other goods that may be subject to regulation, have been listed and traded on
our service. We may be unable to prevent our users from selling unlawful goods or selling goods in an unlawful
manner, and we may be subject to allegations of civil or criminal liability for unlawful activities carried out by users
through our service. We have been subject to several lawsuits based upon such allegations. In December 2004, an
executive of Baazee.com, our Indian subsidiary, was arrested in connection with a user’s listing of a pornographic
video clip on that site. Similarly, our Korean subsidiary and one of its employees were found criminally liable for
listings on the Korean subsidiary’s website. The German Federal Supreme Court recently ruled that we had a duty to
take reasonable measures to keep prohibited DVDs from being sold on our site to minors and that competitors could
enforce this duty. In order to reduce our exposure to this liability, we have prohibited the listing of certain items and
increased the number of personnel reviewing questionable items. In the future, we may implement other protective
measures that could require us to spend substantial resources or discontinue certain service offerings. Any costs
incurred as a result of potential liability relating to the sale of unlawful goods or the unlawful sale of goods could
harm our business. In addition, we have received significant and continuing media attention relating to the listing or
sale of unlawful goods using our services. This negative publicity could damage our reputation and diminish the
value of our brand names. It also could make users reluctant to continue to use our services.
PayPal’s payment system is also susceptible to potentially illegal or improper uses. These may include illegal
online gambling, fraudulent sales of goods or services, illicit sales of prescription medications or controlled
substances, piracy of software and other intellectual property, money laundering, bank fraud, child pornography
trafficking, prohibited sales of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products, and online securities fraud. PayPal’s
acceptable use policy enables PayPal to fine users in certain jurisdictions up to $500 or take legal action to recover its
losses for certain violations of that policy, including online gambling and illegal sales of prescription
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medications. Despite measures PayPal has taken to detect and lessen the risk of this kind of conduct, illegal activities
could still be funded using PayPal.
PayPal is subject to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws and regulations that prohibit,
among other things, its involvement in transferring the proceeds of criminal activities. Although PayPal has adopted
a program to comply with these laws and regulations, any errors or failure to implement the program properly could
lead to lawsuits, administrative action, and prosecution by the government. In July 2003, PayPal agreed with the
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri that it would pay $10 million as a civil forfeiture to settle
allegations that its provision of services to online gambling merchants violated provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act
and further agreed to have its compliance program reviewed by an independent audit firm. PayPal is also subject to
regulations that require it to report suspicious activities involving transactions of $2,000 or more and may be required
to obtain and keep more detailed records on the senders and recipients in certain transfers of $3,000 or more. The
interpretation of suspicious activities in this context is uncertain. Future regulations under the USA PATRIOT Act
may require PayPal to revise the procedures it uses to verify the identity of its customers and to monitor international
transactions more closely. As PayPal localizes its service in other countries, additional verification and reporting
requirements apply, which in some cases are more stringent. Several countries, including Australia, Canada and
Luxembourg, are in the process of implementing new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws and
regulations, and the impact of these laws and regulations on PayPal’s business are uncertain. These regulations could
impose significant costs on PayPal and make it more difficult for new customers to join its network. PayPal could be
required to learn more about its customers before opening an account, to obtain additional verification of customers
and to monitor its customers’ activities more closely. These requirements, as well as any additional restrictions
imposed by credit card associations, could raise PayPal’s costs significantly and reduce the attractiveness of its
product. Failure to comply with federal, state or foreign country money laundering and counter-terrorist financing
laws could result in significant criminal and civil lawsuits, penalties, and forfeiture of significant assets.
We are subject to risks associated with information disseminated through our service.
The law relating to the liability of online services companies for information carried on or disseminated through
their services is currently unsettled. Claims could be made against online services companies under both U.S. and
foreign law for defamation, libel, invasion of privacy, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement, or other
theories based on the nature and content of the materials disseminated through their services. Several private lawsuits
seeking to impose liability upon us under a number of these theories have been brought against us. In addition,
domestic and foreign legislation has been proposed that would prohibit or impose liability for the transmission over
the Internet of certain types of information. Our service features a Feedback Forum, which includes information from
users regarding other users. Although all such feedback is generated by users and not by us, claims of defamation or
other injury have been made in the past and could be made in the future against us for content posted in the Feedback
Forum. Several recent court decisions have narrowed the scope of the immunity provided to Internet service
providers like us under the Communications Decency Act. This trend, if continued, may increase our potential
liability to third parties for the user-provided content on our site. Our liability for such claims may be higher in
jurisdictions outside the U.S. where laws governing Internet transactions are unsettled. If we become liable for
information provided by our users and carried on our service in any jurisdiction in which we operate, we could be
directly harmed and we may be forced to implement new measures to reduce our exposure to this liability. This may
require us to expend substantial resources or to discontinue certain service offerings, which would negatively affect
our financial results. In addition, the increased attention focused upon liability issues as a result of these lawsuits and
legislative proposals could harm our reputation or otherwise impact the growth of our business. Any costs incurred as
a result of this potential liability could harm our business.
Customer complaints or negative publicity about our customer support or anti-fraud measures could diminish
use of our services.
Customer complaints or negative publicity about our customer support could severely diminish consumer
confidence in and use of our services. Measures we sometimes take to combat risks of fraud and breaches of privacy
and security have the potential to damage relations with our customers or decrease activity on our sites by making
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our sites more difficult to use or restricting the activities of certain users. These measures heighten the need for
prompt and accurate customer support to resolve irregularities and disputes. Effective customer support requires
significant personnel expense, and this expense, if not managed properly, could significantly impact our profitability.
Failure to manage or train our customer support representatives properly could compromise our ability to handle
customer complaints effectively. If we do not handle customer complaints effectively, our reputation may suffer and
we may lose our customers’ confidence.
Because it is providing a financial service and operating in a more regulated environment, PayPal, unlike eBay,
must provide telephone as well as email customer support and must resolve certain customer contacts within shorter
time frames. As part of PayPal’s program to reduce fraud losses and prevent money laundering, it may temporarily
restrict the ability of customers to withdraw their funds if those funds or the customer’s account activity are identified
by PayPal’s risk models as suspicious. PayPal has in the past received negative publicity with respect to its customer
support and account restrictions, and has been the subject of purported class action lawsuits and state attorney general
inquiries alleging, among other things, failure to resolve account restrictions promptly. If PayPal is unable to provide
quality customer support operations in a cost-effective manner, PayPal’s users may have negative experiences,
PayPal may receive additional negative publicity, its ability to attract new customers may be damaged, and it could
become subject to additional litigation. As a result, current and future revenues could suffer, or its operating margins
may decrease. In addition, negative publicity about or experiences with PayPal’s customer support could cause
eBay’s reputation to suffer or affect consumer confidence in the eBay brands as a whole.
Problems with or price increases by third parties who provide services to us or to our users could harm our
business.
A number of parties provide services to us or to our users that benefit us. Such services include seller tools that
automate and manage listings, merchant tools that manage listings and interface with inventory management
software, storefronts that help our users list items, caching services that make our sites load faster, and shipping
providers that deliver goods sold on our platform, among others. In some cases we have contractual agreements with
these companies that give us a direct financial interest in their success, while in other cases we have none. PayPal is
dependent on the processing companies and banks that link PayPal to the credit card and bank clearing networks.
Financial, regulatory, or other problems that prevent these companies from providing services to us or our users
could reduce the number of listings on our websites or make completing transactions or payments on our websites
more difficult, and thereby harm our business. Price increases by companies that provide services to our users could
also reduce the number of listings on our websites or make it more difficult for our users to complete transactions,
thereby harming our business. For example, we believe recent changes in postal rates that affected certain lower-
weight packages and mailings between the U.S. and Canada may have reduced listing volume on our sites in certain
categories. Any security breach at one of these companies could also affect our customers and harm our business.
Although we generally have been able to renew or extend the terms of contractual arrangements with third parties
who provide services to us on acceptable terms, there can be no assurance that we will continue to be able to do so in
the future, and there can be no assurance that third parties who provide services directly to our users will continue to
do so at reasonable rates or at all.
We depend on key personnel.
Our future performance depends substantially on the continued services of our senior management and other key
personnel and our ability to retain and motivate them. The loss of the services of any of our executive officers or
other key employees could harm our business. We do not have long-term employment agreements with any of our
key personnel, we do not maintain any “key person” life insurance policies, and our Chief Executive Officer and
many other members of our senior management team have fully vested the vast majority of their in-the-money equity
incentives. Our new businesses all depend on attracting and retaining key personnel. Our future success also will
depend on our ability to attract, train, retain and motivate highly skilled technical, managerial, marketing, and
customer support personnel. Competition for these personnel is intense, and we may be unable to successfully attract,
integrate, or retain sufficiently qualified personnel. In making employment decisions, particularly in the Internet and
high-technology industries, job candidates often consider the value of the stock options they are to receive in
connection with their employment. Fluctuations in our stock price may make it more difficult to retain
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and motivate employees whose stock option strike prices are substantially above current market prices. Similarly,
decreases in the number of unvested in-the-money stock options held by existing employees, whether because our
stock price has declined, options have vested, or because the size of follow-on option grants has declined, may make
it more difficult to retain and motivate employees.
Skype’s future success depends substantially upon the continued services of its senior management and key
personnel, and the loss of their services could harm our business. Several key members of Skype’s engineering team
are consultants, not full-time employees, who provide services to us and third parties. A number of Skype’s
employees had equity in Skype prior to its acquisition by eBay. Skype equity holders were given the option of
receiving their portion of the acquisition consideration in the form of a lump-sum up-front payment or receiving a
lower up-front payment in exchange for the possibility of receiving additional consideration in the form of potential
earn-out payments tied to the achievement of certain performance targets prior to June 30, 2009. Several key
members of Skype’s senior management and key employees chose to receive less up-front consideration in exchange
for the possibility of receiving the performance-based earn-out payments. Although eligible Skype employees have
also been granted eBay stock options, the earn-out payments are not tied to continued employment with Skype or
eBay, and key Skype employees may choose to depart because of differences in corporate culture, because they
believe the earn-out targets will be achieved without their contributions, or because they believe the earn-out targets
are not achievable. The loss of the services of any of Skype’s senior management or key personnel could delay the
development and introduction of new features and products, and could harm our ability to grow Skype’s business.
Our industry is intensely competitive, and other companies or governmental agencies may allege that our
behavior is anti-competitive.
Marketplaces
Marketplaces businesses currently or potentially compete with a number of companies providing both particular
categories of goods and broader ranges of goods. The Internet provides new, rapidly evolving and intensely
competitive channels for the sale of all types of goods. We expect competition to intensify in the future. The barriers
to entry into these channels are relatively low and current offline and new competitors can easily launch online sites
at a nominal cost using commercially available software or partnering with any one of a number of successful
e-commerce companies.
Our broad-based competitors include the vast majority of traditional department, warehouse, discount, and
general merchandise stores (as well as the online operations of these traditional retailers), emerging online retailers,
online classified services, and other shopping channels such as offline and online home shopping networks. These
include most prominently: Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, Macy’s, JC Penney, Costco, Office Depot, Staples, OfficeMax,
Sam’s Club, Amazon.com, Buy.com, AOL.com, Yahoo! Shopping, MSN, QVC, and Home Shopping Network.
A number of companies offer a variety of services that provide channels for buyers to find and buy items from
sellers of all sizes, including online aggregation and classifieds sites such as craigslist (in which we own an equity
stake of approximately 25%), Google Base, Microsoft Live Expo, and Oodle.com. Our Kijiji websites offers
classifieds listings in a variety of local international markets, and in July 2007 Kijiji launched local classifieds sites in
the U.S. In many markets in which it operates, including in the U.S., Kijiji competes against more established
classifieds sites.
In 2005, we acquired Shopping.com Ltd., an online shopping comparison site. Shopping.com competes with
sites such as Buy.com, Google’s Product Search, Nextag.com, Pricegrabber.com, Shopzilla, and Yahoo! Product
Search, which offer shopping search engines that allow consumers to search the Internet for specified products.
Recent legal developments may affect the utility of shopping comparison sites if manufacturers begin requiring more
uniformity in product pricing. In addition, sellers are increasingly acquiring new customers by paying for search-
related advertisements on search engine sites such as Google and Yahoo!. We use product search engines and paid
search advertising to channel users to our sites, but these services also have the potential to divert users to other
online shopping destinations.
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We also compete with many local, regional, and national specialty retailers and exchanges in each of the major
categories of products offered on our site. For example, category-specific competitors to offerings in our Motors
category include: Advance Auto Parts, AutoByTel.com, Autonation.com, AutoTrader.com, Autozone,
Barrett-Jackson, California Classics, Car Parts Wholesale, Car-Part.com, CarMax, Cars.com, CarsDirect.com,
CSK Auto, Discount Auto Parts, Dupont Registry, eClassics.com, ExpressAutoparts.com, Genuine/NAPA,
Hemmings, iMotors.com, JC Whitney, Kragen, Kruse International, OpenAuto.com, PartsAmerica.com, Pep Boys,
RM Auctions, Inc., The Tire Rack, TraderOnline, Trader Publishing, newspaper classifieds, used car dealers, swap
meets, car clubs, and vehicle recyclers.
Our international Marketplaces websites compete with similar online and offline channels in each of their
vertical categories in most countries. In addition, they compete with general online e-commerce sites, such as Quelle
and Otto in Germany, Yahoo-Kimo in Taiwan, Daum and Gmarket in South Korea, and Amazon in the United
Kingdom and other countries. In some of these countries, there are online sites that have much larger customer bases
and greater brand recognition than we do, and in certain of these jurisdictions there are competitors that may have a
better understanding of local culture and commerce than we do.
The principal competitive factors for Marketplaces include the following:
• ability to attract buyers and sellers;
• volume of transactions and price and selection of goods;
• customer service; and
• brand recognition.
With respect to our online competition, additional competitive factors include:
• community cohesion, interaction and size;
• website ease-of-use and accessibility;
• system reliability;
• reliability of delivery and payment;
• level of service fees; and
• quality of search tools.
Some current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases and greater brand
recognition in other business and Internet sectors than we do. Other online trading services may be acquired by,
receive investments from, or enter into other commercial relationships with well-established and well-financed
companies. As a result, some of our competitors with other revenue sources may be able to devote more resources to
marketing and promotional campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and devote substantially more
resources to website and systems development than we can. Some of our competitors have offered services for free
and others may do this as well. We may be unable to compete successfully against current and future competitors. In
addition, certain offline competitors may encourage manufacturers to limit or cease distribution of their products to
dealers who sell through online channels such as eBay, or may attempt to use existing or future government
regulation to prohibit or limit online commerce in certain categories of goods or services. The adoption by
manufacturers or government authorities of policies or regulations discouraging the sales of goods or services over
the Internet could force eBay users to stop selling certain products on our websites. Increased competition or anti-
Internet distribution policies or regulations may result in reduced operating margins, loss of market share and
diminished value of our brand.
Conversely, other companies and government agencies have in the past and may in the future allege that our
actions violate the antitrust or competition laws of the U.S. or other countries, or otherwise constitute unfair
competition. Such claims, even if without foundation, typically are very expensive to defend, involve negative
publicity and diversion of management time and effort, and could result in significant judgments against us.
In order to respond to changes in the competitive environment, we may, from time to time, make pricing, service
or marketing decisions or acquisitions that could harm our profitability. For example, PayPal has
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implemented a buyer protection program generally covering losses for eBay.com transactions paid with PayPal up to
$200 and covering losses from selected eBay sellers up to $2,000, with no deductible. Depending on the amount and
size of claims we receive under these programs, these product offerings could harm our profitability. Similarly, in
July 2006 we announced pricing and product changes related to our store inventory format that may reduce the
revenue and profits of that format. In addition, certain competitors may offer or continue to offer free shipping or
other transaction related services, which could be impractical or inefficient for eBay users to match. New
technologies may increase the competitive pressures by enabling our competitors to offer a lower cost service.
Although we have established Internet traffic arrangements with several large online services and search engine
companies, these arrangements may not be renewed on commercially reasonable terms or these companies may
decide to promote competitive services. Even if these arrangements are renewed, they may not result in increased
usage of our services. In addition, companies that control user access to transactions through network access, Internet
browsers, or search engines, could promote our competitors, channel current or potential users to their vertically
integrated electronic commerce sites or their advertisers’ sites, attempt to restrict our access, or charge us substantial
fees for inclusion. Search engines may increasingly become a starting point for online shopping, and as the costs of
operating an online store decline, online sellers may increasingly sell goods through multiple channels, which could
reduce the number and value of transactions these sellers conduct through our sites.
PayPal
The market for PayPal’s product is emerging, intensely competitive, and characterized by rapid technological
change. PayPal competes with existing online and off-line payment methods, including, among others:
• credit card merchant processors that offer their services to online merchants, including American Express,
Cardservice International, Chase Paymentech, First Data, and Wells Fargo; and payment gateways, including
CyberSource and Authorize.net (which have agreed to merge);
• money remitters such as MoneyGram and Western Union;
• bill payment services, including CheckFree;
• processors that provide online merchants the ability to offer their customers the option of paying for purchases
from their bank account, including Certegy, PayByTouch and TeleCheck, a subsidiary of First Data, or to pay
on credit, including Bill Me Later;
• providers of traditional payment methods, particularly credit cards, checks, money orders, and Automated
Clearing House transactions;
• issuers of stored value targeted at online payments, including VisaBuxx, NetSpend and GreenDot (formerly
known as Next Estate);
• Google Checkout, which enables the online payment of merchants using credit cards; and
• BidPay, an online auction payment service owned by CyberSource.
Some of these competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing,
customer service and other resources, greater name recognition, or a larger base of customers in affiliated businesses
than PayPal. PayPal’s competitors may respond to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
requirements faster and more effectively than PayPal. Some of these competitors may also be subject to lesser
licensing, anti-money laundering, and other regulatory requirements than PayPal. They may devote greater resources
to the development, promotion, and sale of products and services than PayPal, and they may offer lower prices. For
example, Google Checkout recently extended its free payment processing promotion through the end of 2007.
Promotions such as this may force PayPal to lower its prices in response. Competing services tied to established
banks and other financial institutions may offer greater liquidity and engender greater consumer confidence in the
safety and efficacy of their services than PayPal.
Overseas, PayPal faces competition from similar channels and payment methods. In each country, numerous
banks provide standard online credit card acquiring and processing services, and these banks typically have leading
market share. In addition, PayPal faces competition from Visa’s Visa Direct, MasterCard’s MoneySend, Royal Bank
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of Scotland’s World Pay and ClickandBuy in the European Community, NOCHEX, Moneybookers, NETeller and
FirePay in the United Kingdom, CertaPay and HyperWallet in Canada, Paymate in Australia, Alipay, YeePay, and
99Bill in China and Inicis in South Korea. In addition, in certain countries, such as Germany and Australia, electronic
funds transfer is a leading method of payment for both online and offline transactions. As in the U.S., established
banks and other financial institutions that do not currently offer online payments could quickly and easily develop
such a service.
Some of PayPal’s competitors, such as Wells Fargo, First Data, American Express, and Royal Bank of Scotland,
also provide processing or foreign exchange services to PayPal. If PayPal were to seek to expand the financial
products that it offers, either alone, through a commercial alliance or an acquisition, these processing and foreign
exchange relationships could be negatively affected, and these competitors and other processors could make it more
difficult for PayPal to deliver its services.
Skype
The market for Skype’s products is also emerging, intensely competitive, and characterized by rapid
technological change. Many traditional telecommunications carriers and cable providers offer, or have indicated that
they plan to offer, VoIP products or services that compete with the software Skype provides. In addition, many
established Internet companies, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, as well as newer companies, offer, or
have indicated that they plan to offer in the near future, products that are similar to Skype’s. We expect competitors
to continue to improve the performance of their current products and introduce new products, software, services, and
technologies. If Skype’s competitors successfully introduce new products or enhance their existing products, this
could reduce the market for Skype’s products, increase price competition, or make Skype’s products obsolete, which
could lower Skype’s adoption rates, decrease its ability to attract new users or cause its current users to migrate to a
competing company. In addition, some of Skype’s competitors, such as telecommunications carriers and cable
television providers, are bundling services and products that Skype does not offer. These include various forms of
wireless communications, voice and data services, Internet access, and cable television. This form of bundling may
put Skype at a competitive disadvantage if these providers can combine a variety of service offerings at a single
attractive price. Furthermore, competitors may choose to make their services interoperable with one another, rather
than proprietary, which could increase the attractiveness of their services relative to Skype and decrease the value of
Skype’s network of users.
Many of Skype’s current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, are substantially larger, and
have greater financial, marketing, technical, and other resources. Some also have greater name recognition and a
larger installed base of customers than Skype has. As a result of their greater resources, many current and potential
competitors may be able to lower their prices substantially, thereby eroding some or all of Skype’s cost advantage.
Our business may be adversely affected by factors that cause our users to spend less time on our websites,
including seasonal factors, national events and increased usage of other websites.
Anything that diverts our users from their customary level of usage of our websites could adversely affect our
business. We would therefore be adversely affected by geopolitical events such as war, the threat of war, or terrorist
activity, and natural disasters, such as hurricanes or earthquakes. Similarly, our results of operations historically have
been seasonal because many of our users reduce their activities on our websites with the onset of good weather
during the summer months, and on and around national holidays. In addition, increased usage of social networking or
other entertainment websites may decrease the amount of time users spend on our websites, which could adversely
affect our financial results.
We depend on the continued growth of online commerce and communications.
The business of selling goods over the Internet, particularly through online trading, is dynamic and relatively
new. Concerns about fraud, privacy, and other problems may discourage additional consumers from adopting the
Internet as a medium of commerce. In countries such as the U.S. and Germany, where our services and online
commerce generally have been available for some time and the level of market penetration of our services is high,
acquiring new users for our services may be more difficult and costly than it has been in the past. In order to expand
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our user base, we must appeal to and acquire consumers who historically have used traditional means of commerce to
purchase goods. If these consumers prove to be less active than our earlier users, and we are unable to gain
efficiencies in our operating costs, including our cost of acquiring new customers, our business could be adversely
impacted.
The success of Skype depends on continued growth in its number of users, which in turn depends on wider
public acceptance of VoIP and our ability to provide other services to Skype users. The VoIP communications
medium is still in its early stages, and it may not develop a broad audience. Skype users may be required to purchase
computer headsets, or leave a personal computer on to communicate, and they may believe that the price advantage
for VoIP is insufficient to justify the perceived inconvenience. Potential users may also view more familiar online
communication methods, such as e-mail or instant messaging, as sufficient for their communications needs.
Managers of some large private branch exchange, or PBX, systems in businesses, universities, government agencies,
and other institutions may refuse to allow the use of Skype due to concerns over security, server usage, or for other
reasons. If VoIP does not achieve wide public acceptance, our Skype business will be adversely affected.
Our business depends on the development and maintenance of the Internet infrastructure.
The success of our services will depend largely on the development and maintenance of the Internet
infrastructure. This includes maintenance of a reliable network backbone with the necessary speed, data capacity, and
security, as well as timely development of complementary products, for providing reliable Internet access and
services. The Internet has experienced, and is likely to continue to experience, significant growth in the numbers of
users and amount of traffic. The Internet infrastructure may be unable to support such demands. In addition,
increasing numbers of users, increasing bandwidth requirements, or problems caused by “viruses,” “worms,” and
similar programs may harm the performance of the Internet. The backbone computers of the Internet have been the
targets of such programs. The Internet has experienced a variety of outages and other delays as a result of damage to
portions of its infrastructure, and it could face outages and delays in the future. These outages and delays could
reduce the level of Internet usage generally as well as the level of usage of our services.
We may be unable to protect or enforce our own intellectual property rights adequately.
We regard the protection of our trademarks, copyrights, patents, domain names, trade dress, and trade secrets as
critical to our success. We aggressively protect our intellectual property rights by relying on a combination of
trademark, copyright, patent, trade dress and trade secret laws, and through the domain name dispute resolution
system. We also rely on contractual restrictions to protect our proprietary rights in products and services. We have
entered into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and contractors, and
confidentiality agreements with parties with whom we conduct business in order to limit access to and disclosure of
our proprietary information. These contractual arrangements and the other steps we have taken to protect our
intellectual property may not prevent misappropriation of our technology or deter independent development of
similar technologies by others. We pursue the registration of our domain names, trademarks, and service marks in the
U.S. and internationally. Effective trademark, copyright, patent, domain name, trade dress, and trade secret protection
is very expensive to maintain and may require litigation. We must protect our trademarks, patents, and domain names
in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive and may not be successful in every location. For
example, Skype is in the process of applying to register the Skype name as a trademark worldwide. In the EU,
Skype’s application is being opposed. If this opposition to Skype’s application were to be successful, Skype might be
forced to apply for trademark registration in each individual EU country, resulting in increased expenditures and
damage to its business if its application were rejected in individual countries. We have licensed in the past, and
expect to license in the future, certain of our proprietary rights, such as trademarks or copyrighted material, to others.
These licensees may take actions that diminish the value of our proprietary rights or harm our reputation.
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We are subject to the risks of owning real property.
We own real property, including land and buildings related to our operations. We have little experience in
managing real property. Ownership of this property subjects us to risks, including:
• the possibility of environmental contamination and the costs associated with fixing any environmental
problems;
• adverse changes in the value of these properties, due to interest rate changes, changes in the neighborhoods in
which the properties are located, or other factors;
• the possible need for structural improvements in order to comply with zoning, seismic, disability act, or other
requirements; and
• possible disputes with tenants, neighboring owners, or others.
Some anti-takeover provisions may affect the price of our common stock.
Our Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the
preferences, rights and privileges of those shares without any further vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of
the holders of common stock may be harmed by rights granted to the holders of any preferred stock that may be
issued in the future. Some provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could have the effect of making it
more difficult for a potential acquirer to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. These include provisions
that provide for a classified board of directors, prohibit stockholders from taking action by written consent and
restrict the ability of stockholders to call special meetings. We are also subject to provisions of Delaware law that
prohibit us from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years
from the date the person became an interested stockholder, unless certain conditions are met. This restriction could
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control.
Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Stock repurchase activity during the three months ended June 30, 2007 was as follows:
Total Number of Maximum Dollar
Total Number of Average Shares Purchased as Value that May Yet
Shares Price Paid Part of Publicly be Purchased Under
Period Purchased(2) per Share Announced Programs the Program(1)
April 1, 2007-April 30, 2007 741,125 $ 33.86 738,760 $ 1,976,294,955
May 1, 2007-May 31, 2007 6,613,837 $ 34.02 6,613,837 $ 1,751,444,015
June 1, 2007-June 30, 2007 2,985,000 $ 31.40 2,985,000 $ 1,657,721,582
10,339,962 10,337,597
(1) In July 2006, our Board authorized a stock repurchase program for up to $2.0 billion of our common stock
within two years from the date of authorization. In January 2007, our Board authorized the expansion of the
stock repurchase program to provide for the repurchase of up to an additional $2.0 billion of our common stock
by January 2009. Under this program, as of June 30, 2007, we had repurchased approximately $2.3 billion of
our common stock at an average price of $31.20 per share. As of June 30, 2007, $1.7 billion remained available
for further purchases under this program.
(2) Includes shares of stock repurchased from employees, in addition to the 10.3 million shares repurchased
pursuant to our stock repurchase program.
Item 3: Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
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Item 4: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
eBay held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 14, 2007. The following is a brief description of each
matter voted upon at the meeting and the number of votes cast for, withheld, or against, the number of abstentions
and the number of broker non-votes with respect to each matter. The three directors proposed by eBay for
re-election were elected to new, three year terms by the following vote:
Director Name Shares Voted For Shares Withheld
Philippe Bourguignon 1,181,685,823 14,296,692
Thomas J. Tierney 1,181,639,879 14,342,636
Margaret C. Whitman 1,180,631,989 15,350,526
The stockholders approved the Company’s 1999 Global Equity Incentive Plan Amendment: Shares voted for:
996,188,620; Shares voted against: 39,316,808; Shares abstaining: 5,836,707; Broker Non-Votes: 154,640,380
The stockholders approved the Company’s 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Amendment: Shares voted for:
965,027,579 Shares voted against: 70,472,760; Shares abstaining: 5,841,796; Broker Non-Votes: 154,640,380.
The stockholders approved the appointment of the auditors: Shares voted for: 1,179,134,498; Shares voted
against: 11,075,598; Shares abstaining: 5,772,419
Item 5: Other Information
The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors has adopted a policy requiring the pre-approval of any non-
audit engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, our independent registered public accounting firm. In
the event that we wish to engage PwC to perform accounting, technical or other permitted services not related to the
services performed by PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm, our internal finance personnel will
prepare a summary of the proposed engagement, detailing the nature of the engagement, the reasons why PwC is the
preferred provider of such services and the estimated duration and cost of the engagement. The report will be
provided to our Audit Committee or a designated committee member, who will evaluate whether the proposed
engagement will interfere with the independence of PwC in the performance of its auditing services. We intend to
disclose all approved non-audit engagements in the appropriate quarterly report on Form 10-Q or annual report on
Form 10-K.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, there were no pre-approvals of any non-audit engagement work to be
performed by PwC.
Item 6: Exhibits
Exhibit 10.01 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended+
Exhibit 10.02 1999 Global Equity Incentive Plan, as amended+
Exhibit 31.01 Certification of eBay’s Chief Executive Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 31.02 Certification of eBay’s Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.01 Certification of eBay’s Chief Executive Officer, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.02 Certification of eBay’s Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
+ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
eBay Inc.
Principal Executive Officer:
By: /s/ Margaret C. Whitman
Margaret C. Whitman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: July 26, 2007
Principal Financial Officer:
By: /s/ Robert H. Swan
Robert H. Swan
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: July 26, 2007
Principal Accounting Officer:
By: /s/ H. Baird Radford, III
H. Baird Radford, III
Vice President, Corporate Controller and Interim
Chief Accounting Officer
Date: July 26, 2007
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 10.01 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended+
Exhibit 10.02 1999 Global Equity Incentive Plan, as amended+
Exhibit 31.01 Certification of eBay’s Chief Executive Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 31.02 Certification of eBay’s Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.01 Certification of eBay’s Chief Executive Officer, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.02 Certification of eBay’s Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002.
+ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
Exhibit 10.01
eBay Inc.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Adopted by the Board of Directors on March 28, 2007
Approved by the Stockholders on June 14, 2007
1. Establishment of Plan. eBay Inc. (the “Company”) proposes to grant options for purchase of the
Company’s Common Stock to eligible employees of the Company and its Participating Subsidiaries (as hereinafter
defined) pursuant to this Employee Stock Purchase Plan (this “Plan” ). For purposes of this Plan, “Parent
Corporation” and “Subsidiary” shall have the same meanings as “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation”
in Sections 424(e) and 424(f), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code” ).
“Participating Subsidiaries” are Parent Corporations or Subsidiaries that the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “Board” ) designates from time to time as corporations that shall participate in this Plan. The Company intends
this Plan to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code (including any amendments
to or replacements of such Section), and this Plan shall be so construed. Any term not expressly defined in this Plan
but defined for purposes of Section 423 of the Code shall have the same definition herein. A total of 7,200,000 1
shares of the Company’s Common Stock were reserved for issuance under this amended and restated Plan when
originally adopted. In addition, on each January 1, the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be increased automatically by the number of shares purchased under this
Plan in the preceding calendar year; provided that the aggregate shares reserved under this Plan shall not exceed
36,000,000 1 shares. Such number shall be subject to adjustments effected in accordance with Section 14 of this
Plan.
2. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible employees of the Company and its Participating
Subsidiaries with a convenient means of acquiring an equity interest in the Company through payroll deductions or
contributions, to enhance such employees’ sense of participation in the affairs of the Company or Participating
Subsidiaries, and to provide an incentive for continued employment. In addition, the Plan authorizes the grant of
options and the issuance of the Company’s Common Stock which do not qualify under Section 423 of the Code
pursuant to sub-plans or special rules adopted by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board (as
hereinafter defined) designated to achieve desired tax or other objectives in particular locations outside the United
States.
3. Administration.
(a) This Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee” ). Subject to
the provisions of this Plan and the limitations of Section 423 of the Code or any successor provision in the Code, all
questions of interpretation or application of this Plan shall be determined by the Committee and its decisions shall be
final and binding upon all participants. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation for their services in
connection with the administration of this Plan, other than standard fees as established from time to time by the
Board for services rendered by Board members serving on Board committees. All expenses incurred in connection
with the administration of this Plan shall be paid by the Company.
(b) The Board or the Committee may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of
the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Board or the Committee is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding
handling of payroll deductions, contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, payroll tax,
withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements. The Board or the
Committee may adopt such rules, guidelines and forms as the applicable laws allow to accomplish the transfer of
secondary Class 1 National Insurance Contributions ( “NIC”) in the United Kingdom ( “UK”) from the employer to
the participants in the UK and to make such transfer of NIC liability a condition to the exercise of options in the UK.
1 Denotes that such number reflects the stock splits of eBay’s common stock occurring in 8/98, 3/99, 5/00, 8/03
and 2/05.
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(c) The Board or the Committee may also adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Participating Subsidiaries or
locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423. The rules of such
may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 1 above, but unless otherwise
superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.
4. Eligibility. Any employee of the Company or its Participating Subsidiaries is eligible to participate in an
Offering Period (as hereinafter defined) under this Plan, subject to Section 19 and except the following:
(a) employees who are not employed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary (10) days before the
beginning of such Offering Period, except that employees who were employed on the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” ) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” ) registering the initial public offering of the
Company’s Common Stock were eligible to participate in the first Offering Period under the Plan;
(b) employees who are customarily employed for twenty (20) hours or less per week, unless local law
prohibits exclusion of part-time employees;
(c) employees who are customarily employed for five (5) months or less in a calendar year, unless local law
prohibits exclusion of such employees; and
(d) employees who, together with any other person whose stock would be attributed to such employee
pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, own stock or hold options to purchase stock possessing five percent
(5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its
Participating Subsidiaries or who, as a result of being granted an option under this Plan with respect to such
Offering Period, would own stock or hold options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the
total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Participating
Subsidiaries.
5. Offering Dates. The offering periods of this Plan (each, an “Offering Period” ) shall be of twenty-four
(24) months duration commencing on May 1 and November 1 of each year and ending on April 30 and October 31 of
each year; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the first such Offering Period shall commence on
the later of November 1, 2007 or the first day of the first calendar month following the calendar month in which the
Company’s registration statement on Form S-8 is filed with respect to the Plan (the “First Offering Date” ) and shall
end on April 30, 2008. Except for the first Offering Period, each Offering Period shall consist of four (4) six month
purchase periods (individually, a “Purchase Period” ) during which payroll deductions or contributions of the
participants are accumulated under this Plan. The first Offering Period shall consist of no more than five and no
fewer than three Purchase Periods, any of which may be greater or less than six months as determined by the
Committee. The first business day of each Offering Period is referred to as the “Offering Date”. The last business
day of each Purchase Period is referred to as the “Purchase Date”. The Committee shall have the power to change
the duration of Offering Periods with respect to offerings without stockholder approval if such change is announced
at least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Board or the Committee may establish other Offering Periods in addition to those described above,
which shall be subject to any specific terms and conditions that the Committee approves, including requirements with
respect to eligibility, participation, the establishment of Purchase Periods and Purchase Dates and other rights under
any such Offering. A participant may be enrolled in only one Offering Period at a time.
6. Participation in this Plan.
(a) Eligible employees may become participants in an Offering Period under this Plan on the first Offering Date
after satisfying the eligibility requirements by delivering a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions or
contributions, unless Section 6(b) below applies, to the Company’s treasury department (the “Treasury
Department” ) not later than five (5) days before such Offering Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee
may set a later time for filing the subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions or contributions for all
eligible employees with respect to a given Offering Period. An eligible employee who does not deliver a subscription
agreement to the Treasury Department by such date after becoming eligible to participate in such Offering Period
shall not participate in that Offering Period or any subsequent Offering Period unless such
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employee enrolls in this Plan by filing a subscription agreement with the Treasury Department not later than five
(5) days preceding a subsequent Offering Date. Once an employee becomes a participant in an Offering Period, such
employee will automatically participate in the Offering Period commencing immediately following the last day of the
prior Offering Period unless the employee withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further
participation in the Offering Period as set forth in Section 11 below. Such participant is not required to file any
additional subscription agreement in order to continue participation in this Plan.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, in locations where local law prohibits
payroll deductions, an eligible employee may elect to participate through contributions to his account under the Plan
in a form acceptable to the Board or the Committee.
7. Grant of Option on Enrollment. Enrollment by an eligible employee in this Plan with respect to an
Offering Period will constitute the grant (as of the Offering Date) by the Company to such employee of an option to
purchase on the Purchase Date up to that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company determined by
dividing (a) the amount accumulated in such employee’s payroll deduction account during such Purchase Period by
(b) the lower of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on
the Offering Date (but in no event less than the par value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock), or (ii) eighty-
five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Purchase Date (but in
no event less than the par value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock), provided, however, that the number of
shares of the Company’s Common Stock subject to any option granted pursuant to this Plan shall not exceed the
lesser of (x) the maximum number of shares which may be purchased pursuant to Section 10(a) with respect to the
applicable Purchase Date, or (y) the maximum number of shares set by the Committee pursuant to Section 10(b)
below with respect to the applicable Purchase Date. The fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common
Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 8 below.
8. Purchase Price. The purchase price per share at which a share of Common Stock will be sold in any
Offering Period shall be eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of:
(a) The fair market value on the Offering Date; or
(b) The fair market value on the Purchase Date.
For purposes of this Plan, the term “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, any date, the value of a share of
the Company’s Common Stock determined as follows:
(a) if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, its closing price on the Nasdaq
National Market on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
(b) if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on another national securities exchange, its
closing price on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common
Stock is listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
(c) if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or
admitted to trading on another national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on
the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal; or
(d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Board in good faith, which in the case of the First Offering
Date will be the price per share at which shares of the Company’s Common Stock are initially offered for sale to
the public by the Company’s underwriters in the initial public offering of the Company’s Common Stock
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act.
9. Payment of Purchase Price; Changes in Payroll Deductions; Issuance of Shares.
(a)(i) The purchase price of the shares is accumulated by regular payroll deductions or contributions made
during each Offering Period. The deductions or contributions are made as a percentage of the participant’s
Compensation in one percent (1%) increments not less than two percent (2%), nor greater than ten percent (10%) or
such lower limit set by the Committee. Payroll deductions or contributions shall commence on the first payday of the
Offering Period and shall continue to the end of the Offering Period unless sooner altered or terminated as provided
in this Plan;
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(a)(ii) “Compensation” means total cash wages or salary and performance-based pay actually received or
deferred by an eligible employee under this Plan during the applicable Offering Period, including: base wages or
salary; overtime; performance bonuses; commissions; shift differentials; payments for paid time off; payments in lieu
of notice; compensation deferred under any program or plan, including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 401
(k) or Section 125 of the Code; or any other compensation or remuneration approved as “compensation” by the
Board or the Compensation Committee in accordance with Section 423 of the Code. For purposes of this Plan,
“Compensation” shall not include forms of compensation or remuneration that are not included or covered by the
first sentence in this subparagraph (ii), including the following: moving allowances; payments pursuant to a
severance agreement; equalization payments; termination pay (including the payout of accrued vacation time in
connection with any such termination); relocation allowances; expense reimbursements; meal allowances;
commuting allowances; geographical hardship pay; any payments (such as guaranteed bonuses in certain foreign
jurisdictions) with respect to which salary reductions are not permitted by the laws of the applicable jurisdiction);
automobile allowances; sign-on bonuses; nonqualified executive compensation; any amounts directly or indirectly
paid pursuant to this Plan or any other stock-based plan, including without limitation any stock option, stock
purchase, deferred stock unit, or similar plan, of the Company or any Subsidiary; or any other compensation or
remuneration determined not to be “compensation” by the Board or the Compensation Committee in accordance with
Section 423 of the Code.
(b) A participant may increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions or contributions during an Offering
Period by filing with the Treasury Department a new authorization for payroll deductions, in which case the new rate
shall become effective for the next payroll period commencing more than fifteen (15) days after the Treasury
Department’s receipt of the authorization and shall continue for the remainder of the Offering Period unless changed
as described below. Such change in the rate of payroll deductions or contributions may be made at any time during
an Offering Period, but not more than one (1) change may be made effective during any Purchase Period. A
participant may increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions or contributions for any subsequent Offering
Period by filing with the Treasury Department a new authorization for payroll deductions or an election for
contributions not later than fifteen (15) days before the beginning of such Offering Period.
(c) A participant may reduce his or her payroll deduction or contributions percentage to zero during an Offering
Period by filing with the Treasury Department a request for cessation of payroll deductions or contributions. Such
reduction shall be effective beginning with the next payroll period commencing more than fifteen (15) days after the
Treasury Department’s receipt of the request and no further payroll deductions or contributions will be made for the
duration of the Offering Period. Payroll deductions or contributions credited to the participant’s account prior to the
effective date of the request shall be used to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company in accordance with
Section (e) below. A participant may not resume making payroll deductions or contributions during the Offering
Period in which he or she reduced his or her payroll deductions or contributions to zero.
(d) In countries where local law prohibits payroll deductions, at the time a participant files his or her
subscription agreement, instead of authorization for payroll deductions, he or she shall elect to make contributions on
each payday during the Offering Period at a rate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the compensation which he or
she receives on such payday, provided that the aggregate of such contributions during the Offering Period shall not
exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate compensation which he or she would receive during said Offering Period.
The Board or the Committee shall determine whether the amount to be contributed is to be designated as a specific
dollar amount, or as a percentage of the eligible compensation being paid on such payday, or as either, and may also
establish a minimum percentage or amount for such contributions.
(e) All participant’s payroll deductions or contributions are credited to his or her account under this Plan and are
deposited with the general funds of the Company. No interest accrues on the payroll deductions or contributions
unless local law requires that payroll deductions or contributions be held in an interest-bearing account. All payroll
deductions or contributions received or held by the Company may be used by the Company for any corporate
purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions or contributions unless
segregation of accounts is required by local law.
(f) On each Purchase Date, so long as this Plan remains in effect and provided that the participant has not
submitted a signed and completed withdrawal form before that date which notifies the Company that the participant
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wishes to withdraw from that Offering Period under this Plan and have all funds accumulated in the account
maintained on behalf of the participant as of that date returned to the participant, the Company shall apply the funds
then in the participant’s account to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock reserved under the option granted
to such participant with respect to the Offering Period to the extent that such option is exercisable on the Purchase
Date. The purchase price per share shall be as specified in Section 8 of this Plan. Any cash remaining in a
participant’s account after such purchase of shares shall be refunded to such participant in cash, without interest
unless local law requires the payment of interest; provided, however that any amount remaining in such participant’s
account on a Purchase Date which is less than the amount necessary to purchase a full share of Common Stock of the
Company shall be carried forward, without interest, unless local law requires the payment of interest into the next
Purchase Period or Offering Period and in the locations where the Board or the Committee have determined that such
rollover is available under the Plan, as the case may be. In the event that this Plan has been oversubscribed, all funds
not used to purchase shares on the Purchase Date shall be returned to the participant, without interest unless local law
requires the payment of interest. No Common Stock shall be purchased on a Purchase Date on behalf of any
employee whose participation in this Plan has terminated prior to such Purchase Date.
(g) Subject to Section 9(h), as promptly as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company shall issue shares
for the participant’s benefit representing the shares purchased upon exercise of his or her option. If a participant dies
before receiving his or her shares, the account will be set up in the name of such participant’s beneficiary, or the
shares will be issued in such beneficiary’s name.
(h) If, on the Purchase Date, the Company or a Participating Subsidiary is required by local law to withhold
taxes on a participant’s exercise of his or her options and such participant’s compensation is not sufficient to cover
such withholding, the Company will sell the requisite number of shares to raise the necessary funds to make the
withholding.
(i) During a participant’s lifetime, his or her option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or
her. The participant will have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his or her option until such option has
been exercised.
10. Limitations on Shares to be Purchased.
(a) No participant shall be entitled to purchase stock under this Plan at a rate which, when aggregated with his or
her rights to purchase stock under all other employee stock purchase plans of the Company or any Participating
Subsidiary, exceeds $25,000 in fair market value, determined as of the Offering Date (or such other limit as may be
imposed by the Code) for each calendar year in which the employee participates in this Plan. The Company shall
automatically suspend the payroll deductions or contributions of any participant as necessary to enforce such limit
provided that when the Company automatically resumes making such payroll deductions or accepting contributions,
the Company must apply the rate in effect immediately prior to such suspension.
(b) No participant shall be entitled to purchase more than the Maximum Share Amount (as defined below) on
any single Purchase Date. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of any Offering Period, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, set a maximum number of shares which may be purchased by any employee at
any single Purchase Date (hereinafter the “Maximum Share Amount” ). Until otherwise determined by the
Committee, the Maximum Share Amount shall be 25,000 shares (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 14).
If a new Maximum Share Amount is set, then all participants must be notified of such Maximum Share Amount prior
to the commencement of the next Offering Period. The Maximum Share Amount shall continue to apply with respect
to all succeeding Purchase Dates and Offering Periods unless revised by the Committee as set forth above.
(c) If the number of shares to be purchased on a Purchase Date by all employees participating in this Plan
exceeds the number of shares then available for issuance under this Plan, then the Company will make a pro rata
allocation of the remaining shares in as uniform a manner as shall be reasonably practicable and as the Committee
shall determine to be equitable. In such event, the Company shall give written notice of such reduction of the number
of shares to be purchased under a participant’s option to each participant affected.
(d) Any funds accumulated in a participant’s account which are not used to purchase stock due to the limitations
in this Section 10 shall be returned to the participant as soon as practicable after the end of the applicable Purchase
Period, without interest unless local law requires the payment of interest.
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11. Withdrawal.
(a) Each participant may withdraw from a Purchase Period under this Plan by signing and delivering to the
Treasury Department a written notice to that effect on a form provided for such purpose. Such withdrawal may be
elected at any time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the end of a Purchase Period.
(b) Upon withdrawal from this Plan, the accumulated payroll deductions shall be returned to the withdrawn
participant, without interest unless local law requires the payment of interest, and his or her interest in this Plan shall
terminate. In the event a participant voluntarily elects to withdraw from this Plan, he or she may not resume his or
her participation in this Plan during the same Offering Period, but he or she may participate in any Offering Period
under this Plan which commences on a date subsequent to such withdrawal by filing a new authorization for payroll
deductions or by commencing to make contributions in the same manner as set forth in Section 6 above for initial
participation in this Plan.
(c) If the Fair Market Value on the first day of the current Offering Period in which a participant is enrolled is
higher than the Fair Market Value on the first day of any subsequent Offering Period, the Company will
automatically enroll such participant in the subsequent Offering Period. Any funds accumulated in a participant’s
account prior to the first day of such subsequent Offering Period will be applied to the purchase of shares on the
Purchase Date immediately prior to the first day of such subsequent Offering Period. A participant does not need to
file any forms with the Company to automatically be enrolled in the subsequent Offering Period.
12. Termination of Employment. Termination of a participant’s employment for any reason, including
retirement, death or the failure of a participant to remain an eligible employee of the Company or a Participating
Subsidiary, immediately terminates his or her participation in this Plan. In such event, the funds credited to the
participant’s account will be returned to him or her or, in the case of his or her death, to his or her legal
representative, without interest unless local law requires the payment of interest. For purposes of this Section 12, an
employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment or failed to remain in the continuous employ of the
Company or of a Participating Subsidiary in the case of sick leave, military leave, or any other leave of absence
approved by the Board; provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, unless
reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute or unless provided otherwise
pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company.
13. Return of Payroll Deductions and Contributions. In the event a participant’s interest in this Plan is
terminated by withdrawal, termination of employment or otherwise, or in the event this Plan is terminated by the
Board, the Company shall deliver to the participant all payroll deductions or contributions credited to such
participant’s account. Subject to Section 9(e), no interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions or contributions of a
participant in this Plan.
14. Capital Changes.
(a) In the event that any dividend or other distribution, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination,
repurchase, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate
structure of the Company affecting the Common Stock occurs such that an adjustment is determined by the
Committee (in its sole discretion) to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or
potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may
deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under this
Plan but have not yet been placed under option (collectively, the “Reserves” ), the Maximum Share Amount, the
number and class of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, the purchase price per share of Common
Stock covered by each option which has not yet been exercised.
(b) In connection with the occurrence of any Equity Restructuring, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in Section 14(a), the number and type of securities subject to each outstanding option and the price per share thereof,
if applicable, will be equitably adjusted by the Committee. The adjustments provided under this Section 14(b) shall
be nondiscretionary and shall be final and binding on the affected participants and the Company.
(c) “Equity Restructuring” means a non-reciprocal transaction (i.e. a transaction in which the Company does not
receive consideration or other resources in respect of the transaction approximately equal to and in exchange for
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the consideration or resources the Company is relinquishing in such transaction) between the Company and its
stockholders, such as a stock split, spin-off, rights offering, nonrecurring stock dividend or recapitalization through a
large, nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the shares of Common Stock (or other securities of the Company) or
the share price of Common Stock (or other securities) and causes a change in the per share value of the Common
Stock underlying outstanding options.
(d) In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period will terminate
immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The
Committee may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that this Plan shall terminate as of a
date fixed by the Committee and give each participant the right to purchase shares under this Plan prior to such
termination.
(e) In the event of (i) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other
than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different
jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company or their
relative stock holdings and the options under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor
corporation, which assumption will be binding on all participants), (ii) a merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than
any stockholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such
merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company, (iii) the sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company or (iv) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the
Company by tender offer or similar transaction, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its sole discretion,
the Plan will continue with regard to Offering Periods that commenced prior to the closing of the proposed
transaction and shares will be purchased based on the Fair Market Value of the surviving corporation’s stock on each
Purchase Date. The Committee may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that this Plan shall
terminate as of a date fixed by the Committee and give each participant the right to purchase shares under this Plan
prior to such termination.
15. Nonassignability. Neither payroll deductions or contributions credited to a participant’s account nor any
rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive shares under this Plan may be assigned, transferred,
pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or as provided
in Section 22 below) by the participant. Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be
void and without effect.
16. Reports. Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant in this Plan. Each participant shall
receive promptly after the end of each Purchase Period a report of his or her account setting forth the total funds
accumulated in the participant’s account, the number of shares purchased, the per share price thereof and the
remaining cash balance, if any, carried forward to the next Purchase Period or Offering Period, as the case may be.
17. Notice of Disposition. Each participant shall notify the Company in writing if the participant disposes of
any of the shares purchased in any Offering Period pursuant to this Plan if such disposition occurs within two
(2) years from the Offering Date or within one (1) year from the Purchase Date on which such shares were purchased
(the “Notice Period” ). The Company may, at any time during the Notice Period, place a legend or legends on any
certificate representing shares acquired pursuant to this Plan requesting the Company’s transfer agent to notify the
Company of any transfer of the shares. The obligation of the participant to provide such notice shall continue
notwithstanding the placement of any such legend on the certificates.
18. No Rights to Continued Employment. Neither this Plan nor the grant of any option hereunder shall confer
any right on any employee to remain in the employ of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary, or restrict the
right of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary to terminate such employee’s employment.
19. Equal Rights And Privileges. All employees who participate in the Plan shall have the same rights and
privileges under the Plan except for differences which may be mandated by local law and which are consistent with
Code Section 423(b)(5); provided, however, that employees participating in a sub-plan adopted pursuant to Section 3
which is not designed to qualify under Code Section 423 need not have the same rights and privileges as employees
participating in the Code Section 423 Plan. The Board or the Committee may impose restrictions on
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eligibility and participation of employees who are officers and directors to facilitate compliance with federal or state
securities laws or foreign laws. This Section 19 shall take precedence over all other provisions in this Plan.
20. Notices. All notices or other communications by a participant to the Company under or in connection with
this Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the
location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.
21. Term; Stockholder Approval. After this Plan is adopted by the Board, this Plan will become effective on
the First Offering Date (as defined above). This Plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company, in any
manner permitted by applicable corporate law, within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted
by the Board. No purchase of shares pursuant to this Plan shall occur prior to such stockholder approval. This Plan
shall continue until the earlier to occur of (a) termination of this Plan by the Board (which termination may be
effected by the Board at any time), (b) issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under this
Plan, or (c) ten (10) years from the adoption of this Plan (as amended and restated) by the Board on March 28, 2007.
22. Designation of Beneficiary.
(a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares and cash, if any,
from the participant’s account under this Plan in the event of such participant’s death subsequent to the end of an
Purchase Period but prior to delivery to him of such shares and cash. In addition, a participant may file a written
designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the participant’s account under this Plan in the event of
such participant’s death prior to a Purchase Date.
(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any time by written notice. In the event
of the death of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under this Plan who is living at the
time of such participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such shares or cash to the executor or administrator of the
estate of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the
Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares or cash to the spouse or to any one or more
dependents or relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to
such other person as the Company may designate.
23. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares; Limitation on Sale of Shares. Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto
shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities
Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the
requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the shares may then be listed, and
shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
24. Applicable Law. The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws (excluding the conflict of laws rules)
of the State of California.
25. Amendment or Termination of this Plan. The Board may at any time amend, terminate or extend the term
of this Plan, except that any such termination cannot affect options previously granted under this Plan, nor may any
amendment make any change in an option previously granted which would adversely affect the right of any
participant, nor may any amendment be made without approval of the stockholders of the Company obtained in
accordance with Section 21 above within twelve (12) months of the adoption of such amendment (or earlier if
required by Section 21) if such amendment would:
(a) increase the number of shares that may be issued under this Plan; or
(b) change the designation of the employees (or class of employees) eligible for participation in this Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may make such amendments to the Plan as the Board determines to be
advisable, if the continuation of the Plan or any Offering Period would result in financial accounting treatment for the
Plan that is different from the financial accounting treatment in effect on the date this Plan is adopted by the Board.
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Exhibit 10.02
eBay Inc.
1999 GLOBAL EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED
INITIAL STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL ON MAY 23, 2000
AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MARCH 14, 2002
STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT ON JUNE 5, 2002
AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ON MARCH 18, 2004
STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT ON JUNE 24, 2004
AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON JANUARY 10, 2007
AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MARCH 28, 2007
STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT ON JUNE 14, 2007
TERMINATION DATE: NONE
1. PURPOSES.
(a) Eligible Stock Award Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the Employees and
Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates, in particular (but not limited to) those Employees and Consultants
who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States of America.
(b) Available Stock Awards. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of
Stock Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the
granting of the following Stock Awards: (i) Stock Options, (ii) stock bonuses, (iii) rights to acquire restricted stock,
(iv) restricted stock units, and (v) performance restricted stock units.
(c) General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons
eligible to receive Stock Awards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group, and to provide
incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.
2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) “Affiliate” means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or
hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code, and any other
entity which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
(b) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(d) “Committee” means a committee of one or more members of the Board appointed by the Board in
accordance with subsection 3(c).
(e) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.
(f) “Company” means eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(g) “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to
render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services, or (ii) who is a member of the
Board of Directors or comparable governing body of an Affiliate and who is compensated for such services.
However, the term “Consultant” shall not include Directors who are not compensated by the Company for their
services as Directors. In addition, the payment of a director’s fee by the Company for services as a Director shall not
cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant” for purposes of the Plan.
(h) “Continuous Service” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an
Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. The Participant’s Continuous Service shall not
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be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to
the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the
Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s Continuous
Service. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a
Director will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief executive officer of the
Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted
in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal
leave.
(i) “Covered Employee” means the chief executive officer and the four (4) other highest compensated officers
of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act, as
determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(j) “Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(k) “Disability” means the inability of a natural person to continue to perform services for the Company or any
Affiliate of the type previously performed prior to the occurrence of such Disability, whether as a result of physical
and/or mental illness or injury, as determined by a physician acceptable to the Company, for a period that is expected
to be of a duration of no less than six (6) months.
(l) “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Mere service as a Director or
payment of a director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the
Company or an Affiliate.
(m) “Equity Restructuring” means a non-reciprocal transaction (i.e. a transaction in which the Company does
not receive consideration or other resources in respect of the transaction approximately equal to and in exchange for
the consideration or resources the Company is relinquishing in such transaction) between the Company and its
stockholders, such as a stock split, spin-off, rights offering, nonrecurring stock dividend or recapitalization through a
large, nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the shares of Common Stock (or other securities of the Company) or
the share price of Common Stock (or other securities) and causes a change in the per share value of the Stock
underlying outstanding Stock Awards.
(n) “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(o) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National
Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing
sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or
the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day
prior to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems
reliable.
(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in
good faith by the Board.
(p) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current Employee or officer of the
Company or an Affiliate, does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, from the Company or an
Affiliate for services rendered as a Consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to
which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure would be required
under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be
required pursuant to Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for
purposes of Rule 16b-3.
(q) “Option” means an option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.
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(r) “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the
terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
(s) “Optionholder” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such
other person who holds an outstanding Option.
(t) “Outside Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or an
“affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the
Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” who receives compensation for prior
services (other than benefits under a tax-qualified retirement plan) during the taxable year, has not been an officer of
the Company or an “affiliated corporation”, and does not receive remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated
corporation,” either directly or indirectly, in any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is otherwise considered an
“outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(u) “Participant” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such
other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.
(v) “Performance Criteria” means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the
Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that
will be used to establish Performance Goals are limited to the following: trading volume, users, gross merchandise
volume, total payment volume, revenue, operating income, EBITDA and/or net earnings, net income (either before or
after taxes), earnings per share, return on net assets, return on gross assets, return on equity, return on invested
capital, cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow), net or operating margins,
economic profit, Common Stock price appreciation, total stockholder returns, employee productivity, customer
satisfaction metrics, debt to equity ratio, market capitalization, market capitalization to employee ratio, and market
capitalization to revenue ratio, any of which may be measured in absolute terms, in terms of growth, as compared to
any incremental increase, or as compared to results of a peer group, and may be calculated on a pro forma basis or in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Committee shall define in an objective fashion the
manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Participant.
(w) “Performance Goals” means, for a Performance Period, the goals established in writing by the Committee
for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to
establish such Performance Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company
performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual. The Committee, in its discretion, may,
within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, adjust or modify the calculation of Performance Goals for
such Performance Period in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants (a) in the event
of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction, event, or development, or (b) in
recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or the financial
statements of the Company, or in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations,
accounting principles, or business conditions.
(x) “Performance Period” means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping
durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be
measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance-Based Award.
(y) “Plan” means this eBay Inc. 1999 Global Equity Incentive Plan, as it may be duly amended from time to
time.
(z) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act of any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in
effect from time to time.
(aa) “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(bb) “Stock Award” means any right granted under the Plan, including an option, a stock bonus, a right to
acquire restricted stock and a restricted stock unit award.
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(cc) “Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock
Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall
be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
3. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates
administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c).
(b) Powers of Board. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express
provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock
Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award
shall be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or
times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of
shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person.
(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and
revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it
shall deem necessary or expedient in its sole discretion to make the Plan fully effective.
(iii) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 12.
(iv) To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in Section 13.
(v) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient
in its sole discretion to promote the best interests of the Company, which are not in conflict with the provisions
of the Plan.
(c) Delegation to Committee.
(i) General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of one (1) or
more members of the Board, and the term “Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority
has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the
administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a
subcommittee of one (1) or more members of the Board any of the administrative powers the Committee is
authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or
subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be
adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board
the administration of the Plan.
(ii) Section 162(m) and Rule 16b-3 Compliance. In the sole discretion of the Board, a Committee may consist
solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or
more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the
Committee may (1) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors the
authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not
expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Stock Award or (b) not
persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or (2) delegate to
a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock
Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Effect of Board’s Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in
good faith shall not be subject to review by anyone and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Participants and
any other person having an interest in such determination, interpretation or construction.
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4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
(a) Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common
Stock, the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate fifty two
million (52,000,000) 1 shares of Common Stock. No more than two million (2,000,000) 2 of such shares of Common
Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11) may be awarded under the Plan in the aggregate in respect of
the Stock Awards pursuant to Section 7 for which a Participant pays less than Fair Market Value per share on the
date of grant.
(b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve. If any Stock Option shall for any reason expire or otherwise
terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under
such Stock Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
(c) Source of Shares. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired
shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
5. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards. Stock Awards may be granted to Employees and Consultants.
(b) Consultants.
(i) Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award if, at the time of grant, a
Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (“Form S-8”) is not available to register either the
offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such Consultant because of the nature of the services that the
Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise
provided by the rules governing the use of Form S-8.
(ii) Form S-8 generally is available to consultants and advisors only if (i) they are natural persons; (ii) they
provide bona fide services to the issuer, its parents, its majority-owned subsidiaries or majority-owned
subsidiaries of the issuer’s parent; and (iii) the services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities
in a capital-raising transaction, and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the issuer’s
securities.
(c) Section 162(m) Limitation. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 5(a) hereof and subject to the
provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in the shares of Common Stock, no Employee shall be
eligible to be granted Stock Awards covering more than four million (4,000,000) 3 shares of Common Stock during
any calendar year.
6. OPTION PROVISIONS.
Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem
appropriate. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following
provisions:
(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price of each Option shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such
Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions
of Section 424(a) of the Code.
1 Denotes that such share number reflects the stock splits of eBay’s common stock occurring in 5/00, 8/03 and
2/05.
2 Denotes that such share number reflects the stock split of eBay’s common stock occurring only in 2/05
because this provision was approved in 2004.
3 Denotes that such share number reflects the stock split of eBay’s common stock occurring in 8/03 and 2/05.
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(b) Consideration. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the
extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised, or (ii) at
the discretion of the Board: (1) by delivery to the Company, or attestation to the Company of ownership, of other
Common Stock, (2) according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Optionholder, whether
through the use of a promissory note or otherwise, or (3) in any other form of legal consideration that may be
acceptable to the Board; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment
of the Common Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by
deferred payment.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option
that is paid by delivery to the Company, or attestation to the Company of ownership, of other Common Stock shall be
paid only by shares of the Common Stock of the Company that have been held for more than six (6) months (or such
longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes).
(c) Transferability. An Option shall be transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the
Option does not provide for transferability, then the Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form
satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall
thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.
(d) Vesting Generally. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may, but need not,
vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be
subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on
performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may
vary. The provisions of this subsection 6(d) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of
shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may be exercised.
(e) Termination of Continuous Service. In the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates (other
than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that
the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination) but only within such period of
time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous
Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the
Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her
Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate.
(f) Extension of Termination Date. An Optionholder’s Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise
of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than upon the
Optionholder’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of
Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate
on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option, or (ii) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after
the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in
violation of such registration requirements.
(g) Disability of Optionholder. In the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of
the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder
was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination), but only within such period of time ending on the
earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the
Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after
termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate.
(h) Death of Optionholder. In the event (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the
Optionholder’s death or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after
the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be
exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the
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Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a
person designated to exercise the option upon the Optionholder’s death, but only within the period ending on the
earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in
the Option Agreement), or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after
death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(i) Early Exercise. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Optionholder may elect at
any time before the Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the
shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option. Any unvested shares of
Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other
restriction the Board determines to be appropriate. The Company will not exercise its repurchase option until at least
six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial
accounting purposes) have elapsed following exercise of the Option unless the Board otherwise specifically provides
in the Option.
7. PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.
(a) Stock Bonus Awards. Each stock bonus agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of stock bonus agreements may change
from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate stock bonus agreements need not be identical, but each
stock bonus agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or
otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
(i) Consideration. A stock bonus may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to
the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit.
(ii) Vesting. Shares of Common Stock awarded under the stock bonus agreement may, but need not, be
subject to a share reacquisition right or option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to
be determined by the Board.
(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service
terminates, the Company may reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which
have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the stock bonus agreement.
(iv) Transferability. Rights to acquire shares under the stock bonus agreement shall be transferable by the
Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the stock bonus agreement, as the Board shall
determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the stock bonus agreement remains subject
to the terms of the stock bonus agreement.
(b) Restricted Stock Purchase Awards. Each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the
restricted stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate
restricted stock purchase agreements need not be identical, but each restricted stock purchase agreement shall include
(through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the
following provisions:
(i) Purchase Price. The purchase price under each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be such
amount as the Board shall determine and designate in such restricted stock purchase agreement.
(ii) Consideration. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the restricted stock
purchase agreement shall be paid either: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the Board,
according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Participant, whether through the use of a
promissory note or otherwise; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the
Board in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, then
payment of the Common Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be
made by deferred payment.
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(iii) Vesting. Shares of Common Stock acquired under the restricted stock purchase agreement may, but
need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule
to be determined by the Board.
(iv) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service
terminates, the Company may repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held
by the Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the restricted stock
purchase agreement.
(v) Transferability. Rights to acquire shares under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be
transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock
purchase agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the
restricted stock purchase agreement remains subject to the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement.
(c) Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The Board, or the Committee, if delegated by the Board, is authorized to
make awards of restricted stock units to any Employee or Consultant selected by the Board in such amounts and
subject to such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. On the maturity date of a restricted stock
unit, unless otherwise noted in the restricted stock unit agreement, the Company shall transfer to the Participant one
unrestricted, fully transferable share of Common Stock for each restricted stock unit scheduled to be paid out on such
date and not previously forfeited.
(i) Consideration. Restricted stock units may be awarded in consideration for past services actually
rendered to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit.
(ii) Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award. All awards of restricted stock units made pursuant to this Plan
will be evidenced by a restricted stock unit agreement and will comply with and be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Plan.
(iii) Terms of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted stock units shall be subject to such terms and
conditions as the Board may impose. These terms and conditions may include restrictions based upon
completion of a specified period of service with the Company or an Affiliate, or upon completion of the
performance goals as set out in advance in the Participant’s individual restricted stock unit agreement. The terms
of restricted stock units may vary from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants. Prior to the
grant of a restricted stock unit award, the Board shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any
performance period for the restricted stock unit; (b) select from among the performance factors to be used to
measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number of shares of Common Stock that may be
awarded to the Participant pursuant to such restricted stock unit. Prior to the issuance of any shares of Common
Stock pursuant to any restricted stock unit, the Board shall determine the extent to which performance goals
have been met. Performance periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect
to restricted stock units that are subject to different performance periods and have different performance goals
and other criteria.
(iv) Termination During Performance Period. In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates
during a performance period for any reason, then such Participant will be entitled to payment (whether in shares
of Common Stock, cash or otherwise, at the Committee’s sole discretion) with respect to the restricted stock unit
only to the extent performance goals are met as of the date of termination of the Participant’s Continuous
Service in accordance with the restricted stock unit agreement, unless the Board will determine otherwise.
(v) Form and Timing of Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Settlement of restricted stock units shall be
made as soon as practicable after vesting and/or the expiration of the applicable performance period. The Board,
in its sole discretion, may settle restricted stock units in the form of cash, in shares of Common Stock (which
have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the earned restricted stock units), or in a combination
thereof.
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(d) Performance Restricted Stock Units. Any Employee selected by the Committee may be granted one or
more Performance Restricted Stock Unit awards which shall be denominated in unit equivalent of shares of Stock
and/or units of value including dollar value of shares of Stock and which may be linked to any one or more of the
Performance Criteria or other specific performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee, in each case on
a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the Committee. In making such determinations,
the Committee shall consider (among such other factors as it deems relevant in light of the specific type of award) the
contributions, responsibilities and other compensation of the particular Participant.
(i) Procedures with Respect to Performance Restricted Stock Units. To the extent necessary to comply
with the Qualified Performance-Based Compensation requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, with
respect to any award of Performance Restricted Stock Units which may be granted to one or more Covered
Employees, no later than ninety (90) days following the commencement of any fiscal year in question or any
other designated fiscal period or period of service (or such other time as may be required or permitted by
Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, in writing, (a) designate one or more Covered Employees,
(b) select the Performance Criteria applicable to the Performance Period, (c) establish the Performance Goals,
and amounts of such awards of Performance Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, which may be earned for
such Performance Period, and (d) specify the relationship between Performance Criteria and the Performance
Goals and the amounts of such Awards, as applicable, to be earned by each Covered Employee for such
Performance Period. Following the completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall certify in
writing whether the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved for such Performance Period. In
determining the amount earned by a Covered Employee, the Committee shall have the right to reduce or
eliminate (but not to increase) the amount payable at a given level of performance to take into account additional
factors that the Committee may deem relevant to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the
Performance Period.
(ii) Payment of Performance Restricted Stock Units. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock
Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the day a Performance Restricted Stock
Unit for such Performance Period is paid to the Participant. Furthermore, a Participant shall be eligible to
receive payment pursuant to a Performance Restricted Stock Unit for a Performance Period only if the
Performance Goals for such period are achieved. In determining the amount earned under am award of
Performance Restricted Stock Units, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance
Restricted Stock Units earned for the Performance Period, if in its sole and absolute discretion, such reduction or
elimination is appropriate.
(iii) Additional Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any award of Performance
Restricted Stock Units which is granted to a Covered Employee and is intended to constitute Qualified
Performance-Based Compensation shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in Section 162(m) of
the Code (including any amendment to Section 162(m) of the Code) or any regulations or rulings issued
thereunder that are requirements for qualification as qualified performance-based compensation as described in
Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, and the Plan shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to
such requirements.
8. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a) Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times
the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards.
(b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency
having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares
of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the
Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable
pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such
regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful
issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to
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issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise or vesting of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is
obtained.
9. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.
Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the
Company.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which
a Stock Option may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in
accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be
exercised or the time during which it will vest.
(b) Stockholder Rights. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a
holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant
has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Option or receipt of other type of Stock Award pursuant to its
terms.
(c) No Employment or other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award
granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate
in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an
Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, for any
reason or no reason, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the
Company or an Affiliate, or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and
any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the jurisdiction in which the Company or the Affiliate is
incorporated, as the case may be.
(d) Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising a Stock
Option or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the
Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a
purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial
and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative,
the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating
that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not
with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock; and/or (iii) to give such other
written assurances as the Company shall determine are necessary, desirable or appropriate to comply with applicable
securities regulation and other governing law. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place
legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply
with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock.
(e) Withholding Obligations. To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Participant
may satisfy any tax and social insurance withholding obligation arising under the laws or regulations of any country,
state or local jurisdiction relating to the exercise of a Stock Option or acquisition of Common Stock under a Stock
Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s or Affiliate’s right to withhold from any
compensation paid to the Participant by the Company or the Affiliate) or by a combination of such means:
(i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under
the Stock Award; provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the
minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law (or such lesser amount as may be required to avoid variable
award accounting); or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock; or
(iv) authorizing the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Company’s designated broker equal to the amount of
taxes due.
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11. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.
(a) Capitalization Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other
change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Common Stock (other than an Equity Restructuring)
occurs such that an adjustment is determined by the Board (in its sole discretion) to be appropriate in order to prevent
dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the
Board shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Common Stock which may be
delivered under the Plan, the number of shares covered by each outstanding Stock Award, the exercise price or grant
price per share of such outstanding Stock Awards, if applicable, and the numerical limits of Sections 4(a) and 4(c).
The Company is not responsible for any tax consequences to the Participant resulting from such adjustment.
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding
Stock Awards shall terminate immediately prior to such event.
(c) Corporate Transaction. In the event of (i) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company, (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or
(iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in
the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation shall assume or
continue any Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar stock awards (including an award to
acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the transaction described in this subsection 11(c)) for those
outstanding under the Plan. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation refuses to assume or
continue such Stock Awards or to substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under the Plan, then with
respect to Stock Awards held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the vesting of such Stock
Awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such Stock Awards may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full,
and the Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to such event. With respect to any
other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at
or prior to such event.
(d) Equity Restructuring Adjustments. In connection with the occurrence of any Equity Restructuring, and
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 11(a) and 11(c) the number and type of securities subject to each
outstanding Stock Award and the exercise price or grant price thereof, if applicable, will be equitably adjusted by the
Committee. The adjustments provided under this Section 11(d) shall be nondiscretionary and shall be final and
binding on the affected Participant and the Company.
12. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.
(a) Amendment of Plan. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except
as provided in Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, no amendment shall be effective
unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary under applicable
laws or regulations or to the extent that such amendment constitutes a material amendment to the Plan.
(b) Stockholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any amendment to the Plan for
stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of
Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based
compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to Covered Employees.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Board shall not, without prior stockholder approval,
(A) reduce the exercise price of any outstanding Option under the Plan, (B) cancel any outstanding Option under the
Plan and grant in substitution therefor, on either an immediate or delayed basis, a new Option under the Plan
covering the same or a different number of shares of Common Stock or cash, or (C) take any other action with
respect to any outstanding Option under the Plan that is treated as a repricing of such Option pursuant to generally
accepted accounting principles.
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(c) No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not
be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the
Participant consents in writing.
(d) Amendment of Stock Awards. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any
one or more Stock Awards; provided, however, that the rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any
such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant, and (ii) the Participant consents in
writing.
13. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.
(a) Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Stock Awards may be granted
under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.
(b) No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations
under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect, except with the written consent of the Participant.
14. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.
The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board.
15. CHOICE OF LAW.
The law of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and
interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state’s conflict of laws rules.
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Exhibit 31.01
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.
I, Margaret C. Whitman, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of eBay Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal
control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: July 26, 2007
/s/ Margaret C. Whitman
Margaret C. Whitman
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Exhibit 31.02
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.
I, Robert H. Swan, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of eBay Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal
control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: July 26, 2007
/s/ Robert H. Swan
Robert H. Swan
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Exhibit 32.01
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.
I, Margaret C. Whitman, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:
(i) The accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and
(ii) The information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of eBay Inc.
Date: July 26, 2007
/s/ Margaret C. Whitman
Margaret C. Whitman
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part
of this report.
Exhibit 32.02
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.
I, Robert H. Swan, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:
(i) The accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and
(ii) The information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of eBay Inc.
Date: July 26, 2007
/s/ Robert H. Swan
Robert H. Swan
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part
of this report.